Joe
I expected either an acceptance or a rebuttal of my points on the 'law unto itself' attitude prevelant in the Catholic Church, then and now - I got neither.
Today's Irish Times carries horrific descriptions of the abuse carried out by Father Smythe on one of his young women parishoners. On the many occasions after he raped her he beat and berated her for not acknowledging that he was "carrying out God's wishes".
Jim Carroll