Indignation must not give rise to vilification

WITHOUT any shadow of doubt there must be mourning in Heaven and jubilation in Hell whenever an innocent child is abused by a Catholic priest.

It represents the betrayal of everything that every Catholic, and every decent person holds dear. One can therefore empathise with Mr Kenny’s indignation. However, let not indignation give rise to falsification, or much less to vilification.

I am not aware of any case where an Irish priest was found guilty of the “rape and torture of a child”. Does Mr Kenny have evidence of such? If he does not, let him retract that statement.