"I would hope that things are different now in the Catholic Church in Ireland."
Nothing to do with dictatorial Bishops, who have always been there.
More to do with the uncontrolled influence the church has ALWAYS had over peoples' lives - that hopefully has gone now, thanks to their own behaviour (probably the best thing to have emerged from this sordid mess).
You've got to hand it to them though, they're still trying to maintain their grip on peoples' minds.
Front page news this morning is of a woman with cancer who was advised that her pregnancy was a threat to her life; she was advised to have a termination.
The hospital authorities decided that her condition wasn't life-threatening enough, so, in her delicate state, she was forced to go to England for her termination.
Not too different, eh?
Jim Carroll