"putting your creed"
Sorry Guest - I don't go along with this, though Mr Offer (to be even more formal) would love it to be the case.
Since we moved to Ireland the churches here have gradually emptied in the light of the revelations, even in the somewhat conservative west - good Christians have simply walked away from their church.
I understand that some of the churches in Dublin are now in trouble due to the difficulty in recruiting new priests.
We spent forty years recording devout Catholics and, while not sharing their beliefs, it was impossible not to respect their faith and their humanity - it was part of the joy of working here.
It is this humanity that is missing from this discussion and it is the lack of a decently contrite response from the church which will lower it even further in the eyes of the faithful.
I shudder to think of how all this would have effected some of the older singers we recorded, admired, and in some cases, regarded as close friends - all wonderful human beings.
Jim Carroll