To Ireland's Catholic bishops: An Open Letter 
The existence and use of a means to mislead and lie to individuals and the general public, known as Mental Reservation, has been confirmed [1] by a Cardinal of the Irish Catholic Church to the Commission of Investigation into the Dublin Archdiocese
Two instances of this method of misleading the people appear in the Commission's report, there may be many more, one was used in a press statement to the people in my case [2] and another was used in the case of survivor Andrew Madden [3]
The people of the Catholic Church in Ireland deserve to know that this means of lying with an easy conscience will never again be used by any member of the Irish Hierarchy or any other clerical member of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
I am asking that the Irish Bishops Conference issue a public statement immediately giving this assurance to the Irish people. This statement must be in clear language with no ambiguity and no use of Mental Reservation.
If no such statement is made we can draw our own conclusions.
Marie Collins
4 December 2009
Dublin Clerical Abuse Survivor
[1] 58.19/20 Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin
[2] 58.22 Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin
[3] 58.21 Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin
The existence and use of a means to mislead and lie to individuals and the general public, known as Mental Reservation, has been confirmed [1] by a Cardinal of the Irish Catholic Church to the Commission of Investigation into the Dublin Archdiocese
Two instances of this method of misleading the people appear in the Commission's report, there may be many more, one was used in a press statement to the people in my case [2] and another was used in the case of survivor Andrew Madden [3]
The people of the Catholic Church in Ireland deserve to know that this means of lying with an easy conscience will never again be used by any member of the Irish Hierarchy or any other clerical member of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
I am asking that the Irish Bishops Conference issue a public statement immediately giving this assurance to the Irish people. This statement must be in clear language with no ambiguity and no use of Mental Reservation.
If no such statement is made we can draw our own conclusions.
Marie Collins
4 December 2009
Dublin Clerical Abuse Survivor
[1] 58.19/20 Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin
[2] 58.22 Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin
[3] 58.21 Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin
16 December 2009
By Staff Reporter
THE Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Jim Moriarty has blamed a "flawed decision making process" amongst his superiors in the Dublin diocese for the mishandling of clerical child abuse and does not believe there are grounds for his resignation.
"Having replied to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and discussed matters with Cardinal Seán Brady I do not consider there are any grounds there upon which I should resign from office," he said in an extensive interview with the Leinster Express
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I think my priests here keep me in touch with reality. I don’t think I’m that much removed from reality," he said.
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