I imagine that the nearer you are to the tragedies this institutuion brings quite unnecessarily to peoples lives, the more pissed off you get.

To be honest, I never gave a toss about the impact their no condoms rule had on AIDs in the third world. Couldn't give a stuff about overpopulation, or gay rights.

When I found out in my fifties, my cousin whom I grew up with spent his childhood being brutalised by priests - I think that's when I started wondering why so many nice people give them the time of day.

My cousins was such a nice little boy - and he shouldn't have spent that childhood in terror of these buggers. And his parents were so devout - in that simple loving Irish way. So trusting of those priests.

I certainly don't think any religious institution has the right to take away your legal constitutional rights. The law shouldn't give 'em an inch of leeway. they want respect. let them start earning it by acting with a bit of respect for others by thoroughly reforming themselves.