Now Martin McGuinness Attacks The Vatican On The Child Abuse Issue!

[Philtaz]

It looks as though Cardinal Brady will have the rug pulled very shortly, this can't go on.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...hern-ireland-17992242

McGuinness appears determined on this matter, he obviously won't rest until the Primate is gone.

[ichkeria]

Martin McGuinness, whatever his past, is the Deputy first minister of N. Ireland. He's also an MP, many of his constituents if not most being practising Catholics.
I think he has every right to make a statement on this matter whether you agree with that statement or not. If every politician who had a dubious past was prevented from speaking out there wouldn't be too many saying anything (who said that was a good idea - be quiet!)
Unfortunately not all countries in the world had the relative stability brought by government by concensus which has been enjoyed, for example, by people in other parts of the United Kingdom in recent times. That concensus now largely exists and it entitles all who contributed to bringing it about to enjoy the full rights that politicians etc. in other parts of the British Isles enjoy, including the right to act like normal politicians.

[emmie]

[i] dubious, if you say so.

[NOX]

Was that post by em10 'A brief history of Northern Ireland for...
a. 3 year olds
b. Langers
c. Those too dim to bother to find out what really happened in detail.

Answers on a postcard children.

There is a very simple truth that you are missing- there would have been NO PEACE without either Gerry Adams or Martin McGuinness and even if that were not true how can it be wrong for a man, any man, to decry child abuse?