Maharashtracake to [email protected]English • edit-22 years agoSinéad O'Connor just died. It's worth reminding that her life was destroyed after she made the bold move and criticized the Church and pope John Paul II regarding the problem of child molestation.www.rte.ieexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1900cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1874external-linkSinéad O'Connor just died. It's worth reminding that her life was destroyed after she made the bold move and criticized the Church and pope John Paul II regarding the problem of child molestation.www.rte.ieMaharashtracake to [email protected]English • edit-22 years agomessage-square48fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoIt was in protest to the Catholic Church’s treatment of women. The molestation scandal came out about fifteen years later
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 years agoSource? According to Wikipedia it was the molestations, for which the pope apologised 9 years later, so 15 seems far fetched. Edit: Granted, at the time all she said was Fight the real evil, so no wonder people were confused.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoThe two sources wikipedia uses to make that claim are from after the scandal broke and neither quote O’Connor. The first apology I can fund fir sex abuse is 2008 so 17 years later In 1991 people joked about priests raping kids but it was not common knowledge that the problem was widespread at the time.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoShe literally added the lyric “child abuse” to her performance of “War” prior to tearing up the photo.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoWhich was a reference to the abuse she suffered in the Irish Laundries. Are you aware she was in one as a teen?
It was in protest to the Catholic Church’s treatment of women. The molestation scandal came out about fifteen years later
Source? According to Wikipedia it was the molestations, for which the pope apologised 9 years later, so 15 seems far fetched.
Edit: Granted, at the time all she said was Fight the real evil, so no wonder people were confused.
The two sources wikipedia uses to make that claim are from after the scandal broke and neither quote O’Connor.
The first apology I can fund fir sex abuse is 2008 so 17 years later
In 1991 people joked about priests raping kids but it was not common knowledge that the problem was widespread at the time.
She literally added the lyric “child abuse” to her performance of “War” prior to tearing up the photo.
Which was a reference to the abuse she suffered in the Irish Laundries. Are you aware she was in one as a teen?