Crest of the Congregation of Christian Brothers

Crest of the Congregation of Christian Brothers
Neither Christian nor brotherly is how their victims see them

Millstones

This site focuses on allegations of abuse, physical and sexual, by the Irish Christian Brothers at schools in the UK. The majority of the Brothers were no doubt good teachers and kindly men, but a number of them should not have been allowed to be near children. Generally it appears that there was a culture of violence ingrained in the Congregation of Christian Brothers; it is unfortunate that so many teachers stood by and did nothing. As an ex-pupil has commented: " They could hardly claim to not know what went on; the sound of whole classrooms of kids being strapped could be heard very clearly in corridors and adjacent classrooms." If you would like to contribute and/or join the Millstones Facebook group email me mr.downes@gmail.com



Tuesday, 18 May 2010

We know about papal infallibility. What about papal responsibility?




















Pope Benedict: how responsible is he?

With the Catholic Church in a ferment over child abuse allegations, and new victims coming forward worldwide, media headlines continue to make the subject a hot topic and are being seized on by websites like mine. I've no intention of suing the Catholic Church for millions, and I don't want to spend too much time scouring the press for suitable stories - too many gardening jobs to get on with. But the occasional headline has caught my eye, especially like the one below, written by one of my ex-pupils, and raised a question or two.

For example, does the Vatican bear the ultimate legal responsibility for the sins of its priests and bishops? Vatican lawyers are arguing that bishops cannot be regarded as employees and that therefore there are no grounds for lawsuits against the Pope.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/7733921/Vatican-claims-bishops-arent-employees.html
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