"Sinn Fein/IRA"
Much of this dates back to the campaign carried out by Ireland's leading parties a year or so ago to check the rise in popularity of Sinn Fein among the electorate,
Up to the revelations of mass clerical abuse in Ireland, Irish politicians and the establishment were aware of what was happening and did nothing to stop clerical abuse - that's what happens when religion and politics become inseparable.
Britain has also had several cases of politicians and members of The Establishment getting away with accusations of abuse - politicians tend to look after their own and their parties - that's politics for you.
Just come back from seeing the remarkable new film 'Spotlight' set around the exposure of clerical abuse in Boston by the Boston Globe - every bit as essential as Mea Culpa.
Jim Carroll