Unless you have a name, Guest, you have no credibility.
And in this thread, we're talking about institutions in Ireland - although I'm sure there also are bad people in Belgium who are Catholics, even some priests. And every time a priest commits a crime, it is a scandal and a shame.

Yes, it's true that there are all sorts of people in this world who do all sorts of horrible things. Not all of them are Catholic, and not all Catholics do horrible things. Whoever they are, they should be reported to and prosecuted through criminal justice authorities. If nobody had the courage to report the crime to authorities until ninety years later, then the offense is going to be very difficult to prosecute. Nonetheless, I am sorry for what happened to your grandmother - and I do believe it may have happened as you describe.

Yes, I'm sure the apology was inadequate and unbelievable. Very often, apologies (and reparations) are demanded from people who had nothing to do with the crime that was committed - and there's not much they can do about a crime committed ninety years ago. And yet, the outrage rightly continues. When a horrible crime is committed, nothing can be done to fix it. And if you insist on going to Rome to seek a remedy for a crime committed in Belgium, you're looking in the wrong place.

-Joe Offer-