Morris Tribunal highlights a culture of secrecy and denial
There is no large group of people on the planet that does not have within its ranks a few renegade elements or people who, by their actions or behaviour, bring disgrace on the group as a whole. The gardaí are no exception.
Neither, as we know to our cost, are the religious orders that were looked up to with an almost unthinking reverence for decades in this country. The problem is that both gardaí and, until recently, the religious orders, have been notorious for the level of cover-up and closing of ranks that characterised their reaction to allegations of abuse by members.
