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You seem to have ignored my comment that just because they haven't made public statements, that doesn't mean they haven't supported the IRA. There are plenty of examples, the Christian Brothers being just one.

I ignored them because they are irrelevant. Produce a statement showing that such priests publicly defended or endorsed IRA terrorism AND were not defrocked or disciplined by their bishop and I'll concede your point. Failing that, it's all whispers and innuendo.

So what do you call it when Catholic priests are actively involved in IRA bombings that kill innocent people? Active involvement is a helluva lot worse than defending them.

I agree. Now show me some proof that such a thing actually happened and that the offending priests were not defrocked or disciplined. I produced an article showing the Primate of Ireland calling for a disbanding of the IRA. Surely you can produce some evidence holding up your viewpoint.

Once again, this is all really a question of semantics. Terrorism is not and has never been endorsed by the Catholic Church. That some people who claim to be Catholics have committed terrorist actions, however, is beyond question. But to call such people "Catholic terrorists", when the Church formally abhors such acts, is not valid.

I agree. Now show me some proof that such a thing actually happened and that the offending priests were not defrocked or disciplined. I produced an article showing the Primate of Ireland calling for a disbanding of the IRA. Surely you can produce some evidence holding up your viewpoint.

Read Martin Dillon or Malachi O'Doherty.

I can produce an article that shows Spanish Islamic Commission condemning OBL. What does that prove?

Hey, if you want to keep living in your world where Catholic terrorism doesn't exist. Fine by me.

You should not forget, that Catholocism in Ireland, is a shade different than the rest of the world. Theirs developed differently, due in part to their isolation from the rest of Europe.

Irish Catholic priests have traditionally taken sides in political disputes, even to the point of violence for a long time in history now. This stems back to the time when England ruled them with an iron fist and they felt they must resist the protestants and all the bads things they perceived they brought upon the Irish.