Our ‘democracy’ is flawed

Some 25,000 people, arguably extremists, marched in Dublin on Jan 19, to protest, intimidate and lobby the Irish Government regarding legislation on abortion and women’s rights to autonomy over their own bodies.

This protest was heavily prompted by an international organisation that has links to systemic and proven heinous crimes against children. This organisation, the Catholic Church, has made concerted efforts to shirk its responsibilities, both moral and financial, and had denied all wrongdoing until forced by the media to acknowledge its guilt. The Catholic Church, including its associates, is one of the richest organisations in the world.

Yet, it has moved assets and jigged its portfolio to deny paying deserved compensation to its victims, in many cases just adding more trauma to the already traumatised. Because of its refusal to pay appropriate compensation in Ireland, we, the taxpayers have had to pay up and are continuing to pay up.