Instead of cheering Pope in Phoenix Park we should stand with Peggy

Shame was the base and the root of the Church’s power. But not their shame... but of their victims, writes Fergus Finlay

There is only one place to be next Sunday, while Pope Francis is in the Phoenix Park. I hope to stand with many others in the Garden of Remembrance, in solidarity with the victims and survivors of the Catholic Church’s abuse.

It’s an event organised by Colm O’Gorman and others. Its message is that there is a need to stand for a different truth, a truth that won’t be found in the Phoenix Park.