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New Page 3 Brother says abuse took place in Letterfrack Martin Wall 17/06/2005 Irish Times Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: A senior member of the Christian Brothers has accepted that boys were abused at St Joseph's Industrial Scho

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 - The confidential personnel files of 126 clergymen in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles accused of sexual misconduct with children provide a numbing chronicle of 75 years of the church's shame, revealing case after case in which the church was warned of abuse but failed to protect its parishioners. Skip to next paragraph

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Clergy abuse scandal hits home After spending his life drunk to avoid the pain left by abuse, a man shares his childhood secret: A priest, claiming he was investigating concerns that the boy, then 12, might be gay, molested and raped him and demanded his silence. Two women, now in their 50s, relate how another priest took them as girls to a drive-in theater, and, while sitting between them with a blanket across their laps, a

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Artane not an abusive institution, says Brother - - - Martin Wall Irish Times - - - A senior leader of the Christian Brothers has said that the congregation accepted there were instances of physical and sexual abuse carried out by individuals at the industrial school in Artane in Dublin. However, Brother Michael Reynolds, deputy leader of St Mary's Province, said the idea that Artane was an abusive institution was incorrect. Giving evidence before

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very well argued essay, and I agree completely. There was a buzz when I bought it, but the buzz began to go as I got caught in the Steam registration treadmill ... I just wanted to play the game ... after two days I got to play. Haven't a clue where it is now. Thief Deadly Shadows promised much as well ... it did partially deliver and I played it for a bit longer ... but .... ah well back to HL1 and Thief 2

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I've deleted a few posts by a person who subsequently identified himself as JOE / JOEY ... a ROSMINIAN. As this indvidual made threats to "take me out" I've decided to take HIS posts out.

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oooops! Sorry, I misread the headline - I thought it read:> My Neighbor is a Moron. Anyway with Morrocans it's a good idea to mention the Master Musicians Of Joujouka .... a few years ago a popular Beat Combo by the name of the Rolling Stones recorded them for one of their musical albums - I think the song was called Continental Drift - but by any standards the musical fusion was very good.

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Is there something ... innate in the Muslim character or spirit that justifies mass-murder by suicide ?? Of course not ! Are these outrages, against defenceless men women and children, a reaction to horrible injustices in the Arab/Muslim world committed by the West ??? Africa has suffered more in history than anywhere else in the world ... the sheer amount of poverty on that continent defies belief. A child dies every 3 seconds in Africa fr

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