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Catholic nuns agree to pay to victims of abuse

Malaysia News.Net
Friday 4th December, 2009

An order of Irish catholic nuns has offered 128 million euros to settle abuse allegations.

The Sisters of Mercy has offered money to the government as compensation payments to children formerly in the care of the nuns in schools and orphanages.

The offer is the largest from 18 orders of Catholic priests, brothers and nuns found guilty of constant child abuse.

The Sisters of Mercy, who ran scores of institutions for generations of Ireland’s deprived children, said in a statement the order "wholeheartedly regrets the suffering experienced by the children."

A nine-year state investigation in May ruled that the different orders permitted and covered up rape, molestation, physical abuse and mental cruelty in their children’s institutions.

The government demanded that the orders pay compensation payments to cover more than 14,000 abuse claimants worldwide.

 

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jose luis belmar
12-04-09, 01:10 AM

Order of Irish nuns pay out to abused children

After reading this story, I think that if the order has 128 million euros to give in compensation settlements, something is rotten in Denmark. How in the hell did they manage to raise so much money? By paying 128 million euros, the Sisters of Mercy order proves that they have more, much more than that in its bank accounts.
They should be prohibited to deal with children, because
the millions of dollars will never stop monks and nuns from abusing children in every possible way.

Stop the orders from dealing with children. Children should be in care of human beings, not in the hands of
frustrated ones who select an order to hide their inner
desires to rape and mistreat children.

José Luis Belmar
Citizen of the world

` ~galljdaj+
12-04-09, 07:37 AM

Learn your Lessons , Boys and Girls!!!

Religion and Religions are to things first, foremost, and ahead of all other mouthed traits!

A means of Control over People and Peoples!

A means of Gathering Wealth! Power! Property! Personal Satisfactions!

Read the Histories of the Foundation of Religion, Abramham a Liar, Practistioner of Incest, Slaver, Thiever, and the Pinnacle of the Formation of Religion! To be followed by all 'believers'!

Abraham defines religion and religious leaders, the Policies! How proud the stories are told!

READ! OBSERVE! Your present and past Leaders, all calling on God the God of Abraham for their own Personal Leadership power greed dominations and righteousness in their uses of murders and occupations!

They are NOT the Peoples Leaders! They the Leader and the people MUST follow! 'Bad' leaders need god to threaten the people into following!

Religion was the Tool of the formation of 'government' cheaper than War! But War has never left the tool box! Nor does religion for most governments! There are exceptions! And those Countries are much more Peaceful and have a much more Equality minded Citizenry. They do not mix Government with Religion! People(s) are free and Free in Practice NOT JUST WORDS.

nregistered
12-04-09, 10:19 AM

And what countries might those be?

` ~galljdaj+;171985:
Religion and Religions are to things first, foremost, and ahead of all other mouthed traits!

A means of Control over People and Peoples!

A means of Gathering Wealth! Power! Property! Personal Satisfactions!

Read the Histories of the Foundation of Religion, Abramham a Liar, Practistioner of Incest, Slaver, Thiever, and the Pinnacle of the Formation of Religion! To be followed by all 'believers'!

Abraham defines religion and religious leaders, the Policies! How proud the stories are told!

READ! OBSERVE! Your present and past Leaders, all calling on God the God of Abraham for their own Personal Leadership power greed dominations and righteousness in their uses of murders and occupations!

They are NOT the Peoples Leaders! They the Leader and the people MUST follow! 'Bad' leaders need god to threaten the people into following!

Religion was the Tool of the formation of 'government' cheaper than War! But War has never left the tool box! Nor does religion for most governments! There are exceptions! And those Countries are much more Peaceful and have a much more Equality minded Citizenry. They do not mix Government with Religion! People(s) are free and Free in Practice NOT JUST WORDS.



I can name one America!
And America was founded in part on JudeoChristian values.

` ~galljdaj+
12-04-09, 11:44 AM

Your 'debate' is witness to your skill understanding ability and even more to your posting values.

Naming a country is no more than that!

Your supposed criteria of part is a false conclusion. The US was formed by a mixture of 'believers' and non 'believers' but the vast majority of 'believers' were in opposition to all the criteria I previously posted regarding the leaders of religions. Particularly the leaders that were oppressing the peoples that signed onto and into immigrating to the new continent and territories. The words you imply are words of opposition, and intent on preventing religious interferences while allowing 'believers' the protection for having the beliefs. Clearly the origin of Our Separation of Church and State, MONUMENTALLY DAMMAGED BY wonderful ronnie and the gangs of republicanism lust for power.

The Hatreds, that wonderful ronnie brought into the republican party, which divided Our Country, Our Peoples, using Abortion to pit the religious believers against other Peoples in the Country was a Political Strategy used to gain Power. Deny and impose control over those that believed in one Government for all the Peoples, REGARDLESS OF REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT!

yOUR CONCLUSION IS WAY OFF BASE FROM FACT!

Sammy
12-04-09, 12:02 PM

I belive Marx: said that religion is the opium of the people

Yes, many religions are to control people, and they are more powerful than any government on this planet of ours.

The only country that has given religious freedom since its foundation is the United States of America.

Although many religions have tried to gain their religious hold on its government to control it. But so far as far as I know they have not succeeded, and I do hope that they never will.

Because the United States has separation between religion and government, and it has been a shining example for all the freedom loving people upon this planet.

Sammy,

` ~galljdaj+
12-04-09, 12:56 PM

The posts on this site belies your belief Sammy

Y ou have read far too many posts on this site that clearly show the republican divisions that have been instilled in the republicans as a group.

Every issue becomes republican devisive pitting issues of all our concerns into issues of the republicans against the commies liberals islamists etc.! One reason only is pervasive, power keeping it or getting it back! Religion is the tool!

Sir Ron
12-04-09, 03:56 PM

What a crazy world we live in...God bless the children.

Anonymous
12-04-09, 04:53 PM

Politcal fools

Politics is the Tool that controls people and forces them to war.. Political machine have built bombs and tax people and tortured people.. Concepts and teachings about love have come from our great prophets like Jesus.. These teachings have given a basic set of rules of conduct that followed at even a basic level has given our countries great progress.. On the other hand you can follow the words of men like Galljdaj .. follow these words of dispare and no hope and no way of finding happiness..

Anonymous
12-04-09, 04:56 PM

Poor nuns

Many of these orders have given to soceity when no-one else would! Many of these people although not perfect have dedicated their lives to serving others.. This compensation money should all go back into charity to pay for services that our government should have been providing

ozzy.
12-04-09, 05:14 PM

poor nuns is right they are poor now and rightly so same on them.

there is no place for child abusers only prison and give them a taste of the other side of the fence,they should be left pennyless all the little kids left sitting on pottys for hours and left with out food while the evil nuns eat only the best.

Sammy
12-04-09, 06:40 PM

How can the consider

Yes How can people that have no children consider, the hardship and sacrificies of being a parent.

I believe that these nuns, and even priests should be able to become parents, so that in this way they would have a better considiration for other’s children that they care for.

Sammy


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