Business savvy wins out over compassionate retribution

YOUR editorial and investigative report (July 5) unfurl the insulting finance figures associated with religious order escapades in the market-place.

These offensively grotesque levels of religious order property dealing and financial aggrandisement tallied against their obstinance regarding any decency in the redress scenario beggars belief.

Business savvy wins out over compassionate retribution, it seems.

Christianity, my rear end.

Where is the thread of atonement, humility and generosity of spirit in all of this?

Most of these property bonanzas have their investment roots in the pennies of the ‘peasants’ through the ages, who obediently tossed over their meagre monies in good subservience, accompanying the state’s revenue lenience to the orders’ salary arrangements.

Thus, these properties essentially belong to the people.

The crass and corrupt signing off on the indemnity deal ceiling by a last-minute ministerial order has to be one of the prime travesties of the modern governance era.

Absolute admission of guilt and full redress responsibility with open heart and warm decency is the way of Christian correctitude.

Sadly, the achievements of many is being totally sullied by the self-protective instincts of the controlling few.

More the shame.

Jim Cosgrove

Lismore

Co Waterford