Sorry, Jim - you write with passion and I know you believe what you say, but I don't believe that level of mind control was possible in Nazi Germany - and I certainly don't believe it was possible in Ireland.
My Irish ancestors were not sheep. If they knew of child abuse and molestation and did not speak out, they MUST bear at least a portion of the responsibility for their silence.
I certainly will agree that many injustices were done in the name of the Church, but I also insist that those who do not protest injustice, are partly responsible. It wasn't just the Catholic Church who condoned abuse and molestation - it was the entire Irish people.

-Joe Offer-