I see that the Irish Taoiseach has issued an unprecedented attack on the Vatican in parliament, robustly supported by the leader of the opposition. Good news! Could this perhaps be the beginning of the end of the church’s influence in Ireland?

lrish PM in unprecedented attack on the Vatican

He said the report exposed the elitism, dysfunction, disconnection, and narcissism that dominated the Vatican. "The rape and torture of children were downplayed or 'managed' to uphold instead the primacy of the institution, its power, standing and 'reputation'," the taoiseach said

Hear hear. What do you say to that then Ratzinger? Who are you going to blame this time? Atheists, secularists, hippies, the sixties, gays, Alpha-Centaurians? Your contemptible policy of mewling persecution has backfired tremendously. It is the children who are the victims, not your corrupt church and its systemic abuses, and that is why people are furious.