From a Satirical Comedy TV show in Ireland.
The Catholic Church has completely lost any moral authority in Ireland due to the Child abuse scandals and the Magdalen Laundry cruelty revelations. The under 50s have stopped going to church in massive numbers, and those that do only go to please their parents.
. . . watching another clip as well, kinda amazing.
Ireland has come a long way. The church is an organisation that is ridiculed now. They have lost their power
@dermot235 I was struggling to find a good way to ask about that.
@FearlessFly The Abuse of society in Ireland by the church was so extreme. It's not an overstatement to say the Ireland was to Catholicism what Iran is to Islam now. I remember when I was young and Ireland was a dark and intolerant narrow minded country.
@FearlessFly This is what the Church did to women in Ireland
@dermot235 . . . this I heard about, years ago
@FearlessFly Respect for the Catholic Church is an obscenity. At best