Yes this is a moral and civilizations tragedy, but the utter failure of the pathetic Irish Roman Catholic hierarchy to reform itself over the past 30 years cannot be ignored. What a disgrace they have been! They cannot escape responsibility for scandal they brought upon the Irish faithful, so much so that rarely have we seen such a collapse in faith among a population in such a short period of time. They arrogantly forfeited their authority and this horrific result must in part be laid on them.
As I said on a different thread the Roman Church is not as pro life as many think they are. This overwhelmingly Roman Ireland voted by a wide margin to kill their children. Nancy pelosi and the Kennedy clan are members in good standing and no one says anything to them. The Roman hospitals I work in have no problem dispensing plan B from their ERs. All sin is mortal but as the Romans like to say Rhee consider abortion a mortal sin. Well the Roman Church is guilty of mortal sin by their action and inaction so don’t give me the holier than thou attitude I see displayed on so many threads