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Was Archbishop John Charles McQuaid a Paedophile?
There was a time when Planet Ireland orbited its own smug, self-satisfied star, held on course by a mysterious force known as certainty. That was an era when Irish missionaries roamed darkest Africa, ridding the natives of their superstitions and giving them new ones. It was a time when children on Planet Ireland were locked up in prisons run by brutal, ignorant rapists, when priests dictated to legislators what laws they might pass regulating private sexual behaviour of grown adults. It was an era when priests and bishops could bring down an entire government with a single word, and when Prime Ministers of our little planetoid were happy to grovel on their knees before a Prince of the Church.
Nobody exemplifies this power more than John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin from 1940 to 1972. While still president of Blackrock College, McQuaid played a huge part in drafting the 1937 constitution in much the same way as an Iranian cleric might today. When Ayatollah McQuaid, clicked his fingers government ministers jumped.
But what's this? According to the Irish Times, the HSE failed to pass two sex-abuse complaints against McQuaid to the Murphy commission, which was therefore unable to investigate the allegations.
The Murphy commission accepted that the failure was due to human error, but it seems extraordinary that the HSE would not grasp the explosive significance of the documents it had in its possession.
According to the journalist, Patsy McGarry, McQuaid was fond of a tipple and often dropped into a pub near his residence for a quick nip to steady his nerves. On one such occasion, according to McGarry, the landlord's child came running down the stairs, crying and saying that McQuaid had done something to him. The Archbishop was immediately ejected from the premises.
Nothing would surprise me about the institution McQuaid represented. In 1960, according to the commission report, McQuaid was contacted by Garda Commissioner Costigan about obscene photographs of young girls in Crumlin children's hospital, taken by one of his priests, Paul McGennis when he was chaplain there. Costigan had been contacted by Scotland Yard after a security officer at a British film-processing laboratory intercepted the film and informed the police. However, instead of investigating a crime, Costigan chose to abdicate his responsibility and pass the matter to McQuaid. The archbishop did nothing, and McGennis went on to abuse children for a further forty years. It says much about the power wielded by these men that not even the Garda Commissioner had the courage to stand up to them.
Perhaps now we understand more clearly why McQuaid, a notoriously severe man, was so lenient with a child abuser.
Perhaps they shared more in common than just a dog collar.
Planet Ireland's orbit has been waning for some time. I wonder if the McQuaid story will be the one that finally cuts the gravitational umbilical cord and sends our little planetoid spinning into the void until captured by a different star?
Health warning: unfortunately, the Wikipedia article on McQuaid is contaminated by the involvement of an active apologist for clerical abusers, who claims to have created most of it. It's not a reliable source.
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pp. 284-285 of John Cooney's biography contain allegations he was a paedophile
Yes. I think that's what the 1999 reference is about.
Quote : "According to the journalist, Patsy McGarry, McQuaid was fond of a tipple and often dropped into a pub near his residence for a quick nip to steady his nerves. On one such occasion, according to McGarry, the landlord's child came running down the stairs, crying and saying that McQuaid had done something to him. The Archbishop was immediately ejected from the premises."
I was unable to find this particular story in Patsy McGarry's piece in the Irish Times. Do you have a link to same?
The reason you can't find same in the Irish Times is because he said same on radio. If you like, I'll try and find a link to same.
Une Fille Bien
" I wonder if the McQuaid story will be the one that finally cuts the gravitational umbilical cord". Maybe Bock.
McGarry certainly doesn't appear to be any apologist for the Catholic Church.
How did you find him on the radio?
I pressed the ON button.
Une Fille Bien
He seems like an ok journalist.
Haven't heard him on the airwaves though.
Strange goings on there. Seems to me like a whole paedophile ring was in operation, lead from the top.
Ok.I heard him on the radio being interviewed about this issue but must have missed the part about His Grace being in the pub.
Benno (not XVl)
The late Noel Browne TD claimed that somebody met him at a funeral and told him in confidence that McQuaid had pedophile tendencies. Browne noted this verbal allegation in his biography or somewhere else. Browne's biographer, Prof. John Horgan, notes the allegation but does not pursue the matter as there was no corrobrorating evidence available.
This is one of the most shared articles in Ireland at the moment through Twitter and Facebook according to Newswhip.com
What article?
As much as I'm not fond of McQuaid, these stories seem suspect. McQuaid going down to a local pub for a pint? McQuaid actually being ejected from said pub after an altercation? The alleged abuse is the most believable part of the entire story; the rest seems entirely fantastical.
Noel Browne is also not a very independent commentator when it comes to McQuaid.
As I'm a great believer in rot starting at the top, I would find it credible that McQuaid may have been an abuser. But the story's above don't seem credible to me and I don't agree with making accusations or insinuations of this type without very solid evidence.
Since the Murphy commission was deprived by the HSE of the opportunity to examine the files, we may not find out, but I understand that at least one of the complainants is taking a civil case.
Nobody disputes that McQuaid routinely went to the pub and was given a private room so that he wouldn't have to mix with hoi polloi. That would certainly fit in with the report of the child being abused. The ejection might well have taken the form of a request not to return.
Benno (not XVl)
The wife of the Church of Ireland Bishop, Dr. G.O. Simms (an authority on the Book of Kells) knew McQuaid socially and was quoted somewhere several years after McQuaid's death as saying that McQuaid had shown 'an unhealthy interest' in young children. I remember seeing a letter in the Irish Times after this remark came to public attention by a man whose father had worked as a gardener at McQuaid's official residence in Drumcondra. The IT letter writer asserted that he had sometimes met McQuaid informally in the residence and the surrounding grounds and never had McQuaid made improper advances.
Until harder facts become known maybe it is best to assume that nothing has been proved.
Mercy Simms' comment is in Cooney's biography of McQuaid
de fan
The HSE has a lot to answer for. This latest story, and what was the reason behind trying to stop the 13 year old child traveling to England.
Why would someone in the HSE go to the High court at all?
were the McQuaid files the only ones not to be passed on?
A person might think there is a very close connection between someone at the top of the HSE and the church.
Nobody disputes that McQuaid routinely went to the pub and was given a private room so that he wouldn't have to mix with hoi polloi.
I don't know anything about all this, but on the face of it I find this fairly incredulous. The archbishop of Dublin frequenting a local pub seems very odd to me. Again I don't know anything about it, but I am very skeptical of senior clergy descending down from their burgundy towers for a pint when they presumably had fodders of drink on hand in their residences anyway.
I believe that the catholic church should be declared a proscribed organisation.
mad dog
McQuaid was obsessed with sex and was well known to ask very personal questions both of his priests and penitents.In plain language,he was a dirty old fucker.
Having had Mc Quaids hand touch my head in Meath Street chapel in 1954 as I was being "reluctantly confirmed" in the catholic church, leaves me with the thought that , that touch led to my present baldness.!! Or maybe it was the GOOD FOOD we enjoyed in Artane.?
Whoever wrote the article on Archbishop John Charles McQuaid is a foul liar. I had an aquaintence of short duration with the man and can tell you with certainty that he was not a paediophile.
Long John Silver
@ Sojourner. An acquaintance of short duration? How long is a piece of string? It is very easy for someone to call an individual a paedophile without any concrete proof and I would abhor any such comments. But the thread poses the question 'Was Archbishop John McQuaid a Paedophile? Assuming that you know with certainty that he was not a paedophile appears to indicate that you have solid proof that this is the case. Would you like to share the proof of this certainty with us?
Very good, Sojourner. During your short acquaintance with McQuaid, what methods did you use to establish that he was not a paedophile? This could be crucial in clearing his name.
I read a piece about Mcquaid many years ago,though i forgot what publication it was,and it suggested the pedo thing, that his palace was located very near a childrens school, and that he had a large telescope on an upper floor of the building pointed at the said school.
Anyone know anything about this ?
Conan Drumm
One of the things that was odd about McQuaid was the fact that he kept a very substantial residence in Killiney (a huge house in its own grounds, for one man), a long way from his 'official' residence in Drumcondra. I haven't read any account that explains why he did this, maybe it's in the Cooney book? And perhaps his 'local' was in Killiney, rather than Drumcondra?
I'm fairly sure the incident is alleged to have happened in Drumcondra.
Who owned the house in Killiney?
Conan Drumm
He did. Apparently the 7-bedroom Victorian mansion on four acres was a gift from his family in, I think, 1945, when he became Archbishop of Dublin. It's referred to as his 'private' residence but I'm not aware that this was standard procedure before or after his incumbency.
Useful to see the conveyancy documents on that, both at the time he came into posession and on its disposal after his death.
Nice going for a small-town GP to buy a pad like that.
Well, well, well !! I post a comment after the site appears to have been neglected for comment for about six weeks and suddenly following my little remark, (which I was half expecting to be erased) there are seven responses !! I hope to say something to each comment as soon as I can but I would just like to take a little time to check details first as I want to present as informed. Maybe a day or two.
Sojourner — You'll find that there are dozens comments every day. Have a look around the site. You'll enjoy it.
Replying to Long John Silver (comment 23) first: My aquantence with the Archbishop was long enough to confirm for me what I am saying. However, I know that anything would never be long enough for you to even make you think, let alone convince you. Lets just say that the string is long enough. The evidence that I possess is testimony and it is at least as objective and as worthy of consideration as any accussation leveled aganst him. My advice now is not to wet the powder before the time and not to waste the element of suprise on an open public forum.
Replying to Bock (comments 24 and 27) The methods that I used to establish the integrity of the Archbishop were none at all ! I was not investigating him for anything and there was nothing to suggest anything lewd or improper about the man. Everything that I remember about him indicated the opposite.
Comment 27: I am unsure which incident you refer to here — please clarify and I will reply. Is it the story in Dr. Noel Browne's essay "A Virgin Ireland" of "John the Bishop's" meeting with a publican's son, quoted by John Cooney?
Just a bye-the-way reply to Bock for comment 31: The last comment before mine on this subject matter, number 21, was posted on 31 Dec 2011 — a gap of about 6 weeks, I am not really interested in the rest of the site. All I am interested in is defending the reputation of John Charles McQuaid.
That tends to happen Sojourner. Threads get reactivated after being dormant when further comments have been added.
Ah, so what?
Might have been best to let sleeping dogs lie considering your allegiances, as you really haven't done anything to warrant dismissing any allegations, with your statement that you were of "aquaintence of short duration with the man".
Again.. so what?
Reply for bmul — no 25 —– on behalf of Sojourner ———Just commenting on a query about JC McQuaid's legendary telescope. My information on the technical attributes of the instrument are that it seems to be a refractor, popular at the time with amatur astronomers. Astronomical refracting telescopes actually show the image upside down making them unsuitable for terresterial viewing. The reason for this is that when viewing heavenly bodies, light is at a premium so the rectifying lens between the proximal lens and the distal lens is removed to enable a better collection of light. Upside down does not matter when looking at the stars —- there is no "right way up" out there. So, if JC McQ was using the telescope for land viewing he must have liked looking at things upside down.
Now furthur, I understand that if the telescope was correctly mounted for astronomy by astronomer Frank O'Connor then it will not have much capacity to view downwards below the horozontal. Seems to me a very unsuitable device for a voyeur to be using!
I am aware of such telescopes,clearly you have a great interest in the "heavens" but perhaps McQuade was wealthy enough to have more than one telescope [smile]
Perhaps someone might confirm or deny that the palace, was located in proximity to a school ??
It does seem clear he had an unhealthy interest in children [I was at the sharp end of the catholic church as a kid with the "christian" "brothers",]
Only in the early 70s,when Garret the good was forming a piece of social legestation [my spelling aint so good after sexton street] and the said McQuaid tried to interfere, that garret told him to keep to his religion, and he would keep to his policits, I only remember the catholic church in the 50s as a vile,sadastic, cruel instutition, and had fractured fingers to prove it.power comes from the top of the catholic church, and seeps its way throughout the instution, as it has up to this day and up to the time I left the church, at the ripe old age of 12 years of age ,my life has been all the better for it,
I count a few catholic priests as friends, good decent honest men,I feel so sorry for them, trying to minister to their flock,with that big dark cloud over their heads permantly,
iap337 — How did you establish that McQuaid's telescope was an astronomical one? My understanding is that the astronomer Frederick O'Connor (not Frank), who built the telescope, was the man who accused McQuaid of using the instrument for voyeurism.
Do you think Mr O'Connor didn't understand the workings of his own telescope?
Sojourner — So you just made it up, is that correct?
No, I am just a good judge of character and I got to know him enough to assess him. A more objective assessment than Cooney's who never met him at all.
Good. We'll take your opinion for what it's worth, then. An opinion.
Replying to bmul again, this time about the school nearby: I believe that it has been established that there is a PARTIAL view from the deck of the observeratory to the school grounds but how much exposure is unstated. It would appear however, too restricted to be a realistic allegation. On the other suggestion by Cooney of spying on courting couples on Killiney beach, my information here is that there is no clear line of sight from the deck to the beach except for a section very near the water. If you feel up to it you could conduct your own investigation with a good pair of binoculars by checking the line of sight from the target area, reverse direction, to the observatory. (The owners of Ashurst House will not allow you to the deck to check from there). But remember this proves nothing in relation to voyersm.
Reply to Bock (Comment 40): No, Bock, it is not an opinion —- it is a judgement.
Since you won't provide the basis for your judgement, it's an opinion and nothing more.
Reply to FF1 (Comment 35) I think that you are right.
Hi Bock —– Sorry for the delay in getting back to you with your query about JC McQ's telescope. I cannot trace any record of its technical details at this time but given his high interest in astronomy which took on from his father, the instrument was almost certainly a refractor which was usually the choice of amaturs in those days. The record that Frank O'Connor,(opps! sorry! Fredrick!), built it does not nessessarly mean that he manufactured the tube itself —- it may have been purchased as a unit. Building a telescope essentially means that he outfitted the belltower as a telescope. Now if the fittings and mountings were correctly measured and fitted to locate positions on the celestial sphere taking into account the geographical co-ordinates of the belltower's exact place on the face of the Earth, then in short, the whole assembly would have been very unweildy and insuitable for the purpose that JC McQ is accussed of using it for. Viewing below 0 degrees, ( ie below the horizon), would not be facilitated. The allegation is plausable in a very far-feched sense but not to be entertained realistically.
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"A person might think there is a very close connection between someone at the top of the HSE and the church."
Need I remind you that the ethical approval for blanket fluoridation of Irish water was given by the "Guild of Saints , Luke, Cosmos and Damien" established by the archbishop of Dublin John McQuaid.
I'd love to read more about that. What references do you have?
I got an email recently to tell me that this conversation had opened up again but I see that it is off the beaten track for me. Anyway, I must say it is a surprise to see ol' Bock looking for references from someone who points out something seeing that he never feels the need to reference any of the atrocious garbage that he spews out himself !
Now, tell me Mr.Bock, where is your reference for accusing Archbishop McQuaid of sexual misconduct with kids? Cooney's book? I have been through it, and in my humble but accurate opinion Cooney will never be an historian. He sold his credit in the 18th chapter, called "McQuaid's Dreary Eden". He should go and look for a job with Britain's "Mirror" or "Sun" or maybe the real bottom-of-the-barrel stuff, "Weekly Star". That chapter sold his book for him by popular perverted demand.
Now, as this accusation against McQuaid is now discredited and all but dismissed, you might at least have the decency to remove this thread although I cannot imagine you admitting the wrong in a matter like this. I know well that you and the rest of your "yes-men" supporters would rather wallow in this muck as surely as pigs will wallow in what they excrete.
So, Sojourner, where are your references?
Since when do we need to produce references to prove anyone's innocence? I understood that people are innocent until proven guilty. I was acquainted with the man and that is evidence enough for me to know what I am talking about.
I am more interested in debunking the so called "evidence" that has been presented to the public to defame him by a pack of unethical and unscrupulous thugs under a mask of professionalism and propriety who have a vested interest in terms of monitory gain or a vicious revenge.
Lets take a look at a book called "John Charles McQuaid, Ruler of Catholic Ireland" written some years ago by one John Cooney. Now this book was actually the ignition spark which caused the whole uproar in the first place as a result of a single chapter in it. This chapter draws very much from a document called "A Virgin Ireland" by Dr. Noel Browne, who was also qualified in psychiatry. Browne was a bitter enemy of McQuaid.
"A Virgin Ireland" is a suttle but vicious story whose central character is "John the Bishop", (McQuaid is only alluded to, never named.) and like it or not, it is a vile piece of revenge exercised under an abuse of the academic position.
The book in itself is really an academic work and in terms of sales would only be of interest to the academic world, which would restrict sales resulting in the financial reward being relatively low. In order to increase the interested market, certain expedient liberties have to be taken and in an environment where the Church is under attack by a sizable collection of really bitter enemies, who are all too ready to believe any evil of it, what better than to feed the mob what they want to hear.
The only snag is the morality of doing this kind of thing. But as so many journalists know, morality is only for fools and those enslaved to religious conscience.
"The truth never really got in the way of a good story".
Why become fixated with Cooney? The world has changed since the book was written,
Successive Tribunals have revealed a systemic culture of concealment of abuse; comprehensive reports have been produced catalogueing heinous crimes by priest and religious. McQuaid presided over that culture for thirty years.
Are we to take it, on your word that the victims of abuse act out of "vested interest in terms of monitory gain or a vicious revenge"?
mad dog
Hey Sojourner,your pal McQuaid wore a dress and told people to worship wafers.If you think he was ok you are a fuckwit
Stop. Personal abuse is not on.
mad dog
Apologies Bock.I am starting to lose patience with god-botherers
For clarity, You're talking shit is not personal abuse.
As long as it isn't directed at the individual, it's not abuse.
Don't let Sojourner off the hook.
Successive reports have shown Archbishop McQuaid tolerated a regime of abuse, yet he claims criticism arises from "vested interest in terms of monitory gain or a vicious revenge."
Here you go Bock, references regarding the ethical approval for blanket fluoridation of Irish water given by the "Guild of Saints , Luke, Cosmos and Damien" established by the archbishop of Dublin John McQuaid.
And just on a side note Sojourner, I am not a "yes-men" nor do I have vested interest in terms of monitory gain or a vicious revenge, not do I belong to any organisation. I simply believe that I have the right to decide for myself what I ingest and should not have anything rammed down by throat by the State or the Church. The abuse and the cover ups have gone on long enough.
Volume 58 Number 3 Journal of the Irish Dental Association Fluoride Supplement. June/July 2012
The secretary of the Soil Association, James Ryan, joined forces with a number of individuals to form the Pure Water Association. These included Brian McCaffrey, President of An Rioghacht – The League of the Kingship of Christ – a body that was set up to try to ensure that Catholic social teaching was applied to all aspects of social policy. Catholic social teaching emphasised that the rights of the individual (and of the family) were sacrosanct and several members of the PWA felt that fluoridation was contrary to Catholic teaching. In Ireland in the 1950s, such a suggestion was taken very seriously.
However, the Department of Health was remarkably unworried because it had sought and received advice on the ethics of fluoridation prior to the publication of its report. The Minister defended the ethics of the legislation before the Dáil saying that the Department had received advice that there
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committee of the Guild of St Luke, St Cosmos and St Damien. This was a guild of Catholic doctors set up in 1932. It had some very influential people involved, including the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr John Charles McQuaid, and Monsignor John Horgan, Professor of Metaphysics at UCD. The connection was simple: Professor Thomas Murphy, Chairman of the Fluorine Consultative Council, had at one time been Master of the Dublin branch of the Guild, and he knew that the Guild had an ethics committee.
The four members of the ethical committee were: the aforementioned Monsignor John Horgan; the Rev. Dr Conor Martin, Professor of Ethics and Politics at UCD; the Rev. Dr Eamon O'Doherty, Professor of Logic and Psychology at UCD; and the Rev. Dr Jerome Curtin, Professor of Moral Theology at Clonliffe College. Professor Murphy had consulted this ethics committee and received a written judgement (as above – no objections) on the ethical aspects of water fluoridation. Hence, the members of the Council, the Minister and the Department all felt that they could withstand the considerable challenge on the grounds of ethics. The challenge when it came was through the courts, in a case taken in the name of Mrs Gladys Ryan, wife of James Ryan, secretary of the Soil Association and prime mover in the PWA.
Sorry about the copy and paste but my initial post would not accept the link I provided.
Unless McQuaid founded the Guild of Saints Luke, Cosmos and Damien in England when he was still a 17-year-old Irish schoolboy I think you need to do more research
In response to Seanergy, on my first blog upon returning to this conversation, I said that it was off the beaten track for me – I was not really returning in response to your thread which is more concerned with the politics of the time.
I am really not concerned with Dr. McQuaid's administrative policies nor his management of the political and religious affairs of his tenure.
My motivation for being here is the posthumous defamation that has been heaped upon his personal character by "a pack of unscrupulous thugs" under a pretense of concern but whose real reason is monitory enrichment or just plain settling of scores with a dead person.
As for Mr. Bock's "yes men" whom I refer to, well, Mad Dog, in the thread aforegoing, is a prime example — inarticulate, offensive, and as far as I can make out, a typical mob product.
(I do hope that Mr.Bock doesn't blast me for abuse but I am afraid that I cannot be nice about such).
Now, Ian, once again as I said to Seanergy, I am not concerned with how Dr. McQuaid handled his administration. Perhaps he did make errors of judgment in the practice of his office — I don't know. My only preoccupation here is the monstrous garbage that has been smeared upon him by those who hated him of which Dr. Noel Browne was one.
Remember that the title and subject of this is, "Was McQuaid a paediophile?"
As you will notice, scrolling back into this thread, I was acquainted with Dr.McQuaid for a short time, but long enough to assess his personal character, and I remember him very well talking to me about hatred, not naming any enemy, (he had many), but I could catch the allusion. He knew what it was to be hated.
My preoccupation with Cooney is that he is the one who ignited this controversy using his book as a implement to mobilize the issue. The book is otherwise well written and it presents as an historic document, but this charade of respectability is only a cloak for what it is really on about and my verdict on it now is simply that John Cooney got his price for his muckraking. Apart from putting words into the mouths of people who are deceased and so can no longer verify what they have supposedly said, The only source he seems able to produce is the same one that Patsy McGarry is mentioned as regurgitating and which Mr. Bock greedily gobbles down, hook, line and sinker at the beginning of this conversation; "A Virgin Ireland", written by a bitter and vengeful opponent of McQuaid's who seems quite prepared to parade his social status to push the issue. If some layabout tramp were to write it, and that is possible, it would go nowhere, but with the good academic reputation of Dr. N.B. to endorse it, everyone believes it.
Get one thing straight everybody, "A Virgin Ireland" is entirely a fiction and it has several inaccurate descriptions in relation to Dr. McQuaid alias "John the Bishop" in the paper.
I can point these errors out in a later blog if anyone is interested.
mad dog
Hi Sojourner,
Good.At least I got your attention.You may consider me inarticulate and offensive. I intended to be offensive.Nothing has been more offensive in Ireland than religion in general and the catholic church in particular.The unfortunate Irish have been oppressed by this so-called church.
If that McQuaid guy was around today,people would laugh at him,skirt and all.If he did'nt tamper with little
boys himself,he certainly was well aware of this despicable practice by his religious fellow travellers and was complicit in covering up for them. That makes him equally guilty. Your opinion that he was'nt that type of person is contradicted by the fact that he knowingly permitted and colluded in paedophilia.You might think that he was right but most people think it was disgusting.
Maybe I am typical of a mob product,good.But my mob and I are not going to accept any more fake authority from any made-up religion ,regardless of what dresses they wear.
Sojourner, are you saying that you have the ability to tell whether or not a person is a paedophile by spending a little time with them?
That's the trouble with sites like this, where people can't even bring themselves to use their own name. It's like idiots spitting at each other in the dark, no one with the courage to appreciate the freedom or pride of speaking for themselves. Listening to that idiot 'Sojourner' is just childish — a person afraid to be what his mother intended and consequently relishing the notion of hiding in the most appalling logic…. What a waste? By a shower of Wasters!
Peter Tanham.(Peader)
Hi Mr. Angry.I have read your comment with much interest in relation to Archbishop McQuaid,as I was also confirmed by him in Blackrock in 1953,and like yourself,cherished the wonderful food that was dished out in Artane from 1954 to 1960.Maybe you could make contact,as i'm very curious to know if you were in Artane the same time as me. Chow for now,Take care,Peader.
patsy brunnock
Why did this Bock chappie write in post number 23 that"this could be crucial in clearing his name"? What was he convicted of that requires his name to be cleared?
Good question, Patsy Brunnock !
Mr.Bock ?? In a jam for an answer ??
It doesn't require a conviction to need your name cleared, fool.
Paedophilia is essentially about power. Whether or not McQ was a dirty old cleric he certainly was in a deeply unhealthy way obsessed with power and its manifestations. Others have written about what he and Dev got up to politically. In Dublin in the 60s I found grossly offensive his mixture of frightening the fearful, exploiting credulous folk religionists who went on about "pagan England and Catholic Ireland" and who generally signed themselves "Catholic Mother", and denying people things they greatly needed, such as medical treatment (and let's not start about the laundries), all coupled with a shallow and vulgar, 19C Italianate liturgical style.
One Sunday in the pro-cathedral he processed out after High Mass, which he had not celebrated but had spent seated on the Cathedra wearing as was his wont cappa magna (with train bearer) and biretta rather than cope and mitre as the rubrics stipulated but would not have looked as grand. The cappa magna was intended to be worn by senior prelates on important secular occasions, not in church. The entire congregation went down to be blessed by this ersatz god-man as he passed – all, that is, except this young Jackeen. He stopped, and from about 50 feet eyeballed me for about 30 seconds. I eyeballed him straight back. McQ moved on with a filthy look over his shoulder. I thought it best to leave expeditiously before he could send armed minions after me.
Bock, from the wikipedia edit history it looks like Kilbarry1 ongoing vandalism of McQuaid's page has ceased. It appears to have a lot more balance at this stage,
Kilbarry1 has a number of pseudonyms and operates as a rather pathetic religious troll on various forums.
I'm glad his activities have been curtailed on WIkipedia.
He's a fool.


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Connecting to the masses online, it has been confirmed that Pope Benedict, 85, will be signing up for his very own twitter account by the end of the year.
To be officially launched by the Vatican, Benedict's account will be used to share his personal opinions and church news.
Encouraging followers to adopt a "Christian-style presence online", his soon-to-be account is hoped to be as popular as some of the world's top entertainers.
"I don't know if we can compete with them – it's hard to compete with Lady Gaga – but it will be good to have something coming directly from the Pope, something spiritual thrown into the mix", an official said.
It has been speculated that Benedict will dictate tweets that will be posted on his behalf.


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Today marks the 88th birth anniversary of the man who revolutionised and shaped the style and aesthetic of the 1960s and the 1970s not just in the USA but also around the world. His influence on media and art across several forms of expression, painting, fashion, advertising, photography, music and cinema set new benchmarks for the time period and laid the groundwork for the modern American art and culture. Here are some of the highlights from his creative and colourful life:
1. Andy Warhol, born Andrew Warhola, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His parents had emigrated to the USA from Ruthenia, a region now in the Slovak Republic.
2. Between 1945 and 1949 Warhol studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
3. In the early 1960s, he began to experiment with reproductions based on advertisements, newspaper headlines and other mass-produced images from American popular culture.
4. He created the 'Marilyn Diptych', a work that contains fifty images of the actress, which are all based on a single publicity photograph. The work is a hallmark of Abstract Expressionism, as exemplified by Jackson Pollock's drip paintings.
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5. The now oft-used phrase, "15 minutes of fame" was coined by Warhol when he stated to an interviewer that, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes".
6. In 1963, he founded his studio, "The Factory" and gathered about him a wide range of artists, writers, musicians, and underground celebrities. It was one of the artists and a radical feminist here, Valerie Solanas, who shot him in 1968.
7. He made more than 60 films and 500 short-films, some of his most famous works being 'Vinyl' and 'Chelsea Girls', the latter of which was set completely inside the Chelsea Hotel in New York.
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8. He adopted and managed a band called 'The Velvet Underground'. The late David Bowie, one of the most respected figures of the Punk Rock movement cited Warhol as one of his inspirations.
9. He was one of the few celebrities who embraced his homosexuality before the 'Gay Liberation Movement'.
10. Two of his paintings were sold in excess of $100 million in 2008 and 2013.
He will forever be remembered as a revolutionary in the world of art and culture.
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* Noir Marine goes on with a brisk spicy peppermint that will wake you up with its strong projection.
* Phaedon is a new line of fragrances by Pierre Guillaume. This was kept secret at first in attempt to keep the focus on the fragrances rather than the names involved.
* The peppermint stays present and is sweetened up with a really nice tobacco note. The tobacco is not overwhelming or 'old man'ish – its present and acts as a nice sweet transition.
* I do not like aquatic (water/ocean) fragrances, so when my friend recommended that I try Noir Marine, I laughed. Throughout the life of the scent, I don't get any aquatic notes at all… maybe that's why it's so dark (or noir)?
* After a few hours, the pepper winds down and the tobacco transitions into really warming and nice resins that last a long time.
Summary: I was introduced to Pierre Guillaume's Parfum line when I was in Paris last year and absolutely love Aomassia, Bois de Copaiba, and Un Crime Exotique. Noir Marine fits into that line quite well. The longevity is absolutely wonderful, with the sweet resinous base lasting more than 12 hours on my skin. If you apply this an hour before work, this could be an office-friendly scent. Otherwise, it makes for a great after-work pick-me-up that will last until the next day.
Phaedon fragrances are available from LuckyScent and The Perfume Shoppe.
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Add this to the long list of lines that I haven't tried but want to try.
One of my favorite smells is the sea. It's a shame that perfume wants aquatic to mean squeaky clean when the ocean is one of the dirtiest, darkest smelling smells ever!
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FENTON, MI – It all started with a girl named Gabrielle Ford and a coonhound dog named Izzy.
Ford, 32, and Izzy, began touring the country together more than 10 years ago. Traveling to schools across the nation, Ford would speak to students about her experiences in being bullied, and it wasn't long until her message and influence had been recognized nationally, gaining attention from Animal Planet, the Today Show and USA Network.
But the journey reached a critical point when Izzy died in 2009.
"When it happened, you can never really prepare yourself," Ford, a former Fenton resident, said. "It was good for her because she was no longer going to suffer."
At first, Ford explained Izzy's death to students who may have been hoping to see the dog at schools she visited. She remembers crying a few times during the explanation, but said it had gotten easier.
"When she wasn't there, I kind of felt naked or like there was a void," Ford said. "(Izzy) comforts me but I'm sure it also comforts students."
Ford had been diagnosed with Friedreich's ataxia, a rare genetic disease, when she was 12 years old. She began slurring her words and would eventually require a wheelchair as her muscles weakened. Her dog, Izzy, had suffered from muscular dystrophy – a disease similar to Ford's.
On Friday, Feb. 15, for perhaps the first time in 21 years living with the debilitating disease, Ford seemed to have less of problem in slurring her words than actually finding the right ones to say as she met her new dog.
"I just don't know what to say," Ford said between long pauses and laughter. "We're going to have to do some puppy training."
ILO was flown in from Ohio on Friday, Feb. 15, as a surprise gift from her mother Rhonda Hillman and Bob Urban of Ohio, who was the owner of Izzy's mother. Ford will continue her trek both nationwide and internationally with ILO, whose name is an acronym for "Izzy Lives On."
"This girl has a gift to reach to these kids," Hillman said. "She's a very simple, grounded girl who understands what it's like."
Ford understands bullying all too well, having being a victim for five years. It started in eighth grade, when students would mock her slurred words, call her ugly, trip and even hit and bruise her.
It reached a breaking point at her high school graduation in Lake Fenton. She had fallen on the way to get her diploma and students began criticizing yet again. Ford locked herself in her home for years thereafter as a result.
"That devastated her," Hillman said. "It hasn't been easy on her, but she's not one to feel sorry for herself."
Hillman said Ford would always maintain independence during her time spent in isolation, crawling down to the basement in her home to do laundry and up and down stairs to her bedroom.
Hillman said Ford has come a long way since those days, and now parasails and even bungee jumps.
"She lived a miserable life until she stopped caring about what other people thought," Hillman said."It's been an incredible journey that we've been on."
Gabe and ILO hope to return home to Michigan in March to visit Clarkston High School.
Ford's book "Still Dancing" documents the journey with Izzy across the country, her rare disease and battles with depression and isolation. She will be releasing another book due out by Christmas 2013 titled "Gabe and Izzy: Amerca's Voice for the Bullied," to be published by Penguin Group, the second largest trade book publisher in the world.
To find out more about Gabe and Izzy, visit the website here.


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Gold Stallion 2016Black teas, Fuller Bodies, Lighter Aromas, Neutral Energy, Tea, Wuyi-shanUSD 13.80
Wuyi Jinjun Mei:Produced using a newly redeveloped cultivar in the deep mountains of Wuyi in the much renowned black tea origin, Xingcun, Gold Stallion may look like a finer version of golden tippy Yunnan black tea, but it actually has a much more sophisticated taste and aroma profile in the grand Northern Fujian black tea tradition. It has only recently been popularly available outside of the exclusive circle of the rich and powerful in China. Net weight: 70 g (2.5 oz) in Kraft-alu packUSD 13.80 Quickview
Bailin Gongfu 2016Black teas, Fuller Bodies, Lighter Aromas, Minnan/ Mindong, Fujian, Neutral Energy, TeaUSD 13.10
Minhong Black Tea:Milder and sweeter than the gongfu black teas from its counterparts in Wuyi or most other parts of China, Eastern Fujian gongfu blacks have their distinct position in the spectrum of black teas of the world. Tea Hong Bailin Gongfu is a traditional quality Eastern Fujian black tea suitable throughout the day for enjoying plain for its own delightful character. Net weight: 80 g (2.8 oz) in Kraft-alu packUSD 13.10 Quickview
Cream Stout 2016Floral Aromas, Fuller Bodies, Home, Neutral Energy, Oolongs, Tea, Wuyi-shanUSD 24.80
Silk Finish Aijiao Wulong:No this is not the beer but 100% pure oolong. Wuyi classic oolongs in general distinguish themselves from other oolongs with a stout, rather immediate and powerful impact. Tea Hong's Cream Stout differs from the crowd with a soft creamy finish and a light tone of cream that is developed naturally in the tealeaves themselves. This is possible only with a new pedigree of tea cultivar, Aijiao Wulong. We believe you'll like the oolong much better than the beer, as we do. Net weight: 40 g (1.4 oz) in Kraft-alu packRated 5.00 out of 5USD 24.80 Quickview
Cassia Extraordinaire 2016Floral Aromas, Fuller Bodies, Home, Neutral Energy, Oolongs, Tea, Wuyi-shanUSD 19.70
Improved Rougui Cultivar:A great showcase for why the name of the tea came about centuries ago, great discipline in the use of fire distinguishes Cassia Extraordinaire from most other Wuyi varieties with a supple, deliciously floral and delicate scent balanced with a full, lively body. This is Wuyi Cassia at its best. Net weight: 40 g (1.4 oz) in Kraft-alu packRated 5.00 out of 5USD 19.70 Quickview
Tuocha Squares 2010Denser Aromas, Home, Neutral Energy, Pu'er teas, Stronger Tastes, Tea, YunnanUSD 7.80
Compressed Blended Shu Cha:The good thing about small-size compressed tea is that it comes in as pre-measured doses. The additional process of compressing also gives a slightly different taste profile to the original loose leaf post-fermented tea (shu cha). Tea Hong's Tuocha Squares are processed in one of the few puer processing facilities that are rated best food safety standard by Chinese authority. Net weight: approx 60 g (2.1 oz) Premium Alu ZippableRated 5.00 out of 5USD 7.80 Quickview
Imperial Golden Tip 2005Denser Aromas, Fuller Bodies, Neutral Energy, Pu'er teas, Tea, YunnanUSD 22.30
Menghai Fine Leaf Classic Pu'er:The full body and fine taste of Imperial Golden Tip is possible only because of the foundation of a fine tippy tea, a masterfully and patiently executed post-fermentation processing and a specialistic approach in maturing. A great value for the level of taste it delivers. An optimal choice for the health benefits of pu'er tea. Net weight: 100 g (3.5 oz) in Kraft Alu PackUSD 22.30 Quickview
Himalayan Finest FloweryBlack teas, Nepal, the Himalayas, Neutral Energy, Organic teas, Stronger Tastes, TeaUSD 18.80
Nepali Finest Orthodox:If black tea from China is too soft for your taste, perhaps this is a good option. While having same level of pleasant flowery character, Himalayan Finest Flowery has a lot more sharpness and strength. Our garden, 1800m above the Dhankuta region, lends a pristine growth environment for the tea. The extreme difference between day and night, winter and spring, the dry air and unique minerals in the soil give a distinctive taste profile to this light color black tea. EU and USDA certified organic. Net weight: 80 g (2.8oz) in Kraft-alu packRated 4.33 out of 5USD 18.80 Quickview
Wild Tree Black Tea 2018Black teas, Floral Aromas, Fuller Bodies, Home, Neutral Energy, Tea, Wuyi-shanUSD 17.00
Deserted Old Farm:Wild Tree Black Tea is Tea Hong's very own product developed from the old tea bushes in a deserted farm we discovered for creating its smooth and pleasant taste profile. It offers a delicate floral character without being astringent; tastefulness while sweet. This is possible only by masterfully processing the first flush of this secret tea bush that we grow on the hills on the northern tip of Fujian, from which tribunal teas had once been the most prized for centuries. Net weight: 80 g (2.8 oz) in Kraft-alu packUSD 17.00 Quickview
Congou RusticBlack teas, Lighter Aromas, Milder Tastes, Minnan/ Mindong, Fujian, Neutral Energy, TeaUSD 12.20
Shen Hulin Dabai:Not all tea productions go to the open market. Some are reserved home for sharing with the family and neighbors. They don't have to look good, because everyone is casual about daily look here in the village. Congou Rustic has a direct, pleasant character, and yet with quite a full body taste profile suitable for enjoying straight, hot, cold, or even chilled, as people in the villages have them throughout the day. Net weight: 50 g (1.8 oz) in Kraft-alu packRated 5.00 out of 5USD 12.20 Quickview
Keemun Traditional Supreme 2018Black teas, Fuller Bodies, Huangshan - Anhui, Lighter Aromas, Neutral Energy, TeaUSD 24.80
Qimen Hong Maofeng:Keemun had once been the tea of choice for European elites before the politics of economics made colonial productions more popular. To bring the true quality of what used to crown Keemun with the laureate of the most desired black tea, we select only the finest first flush at the origin for our masters to process to the best of Keemun gongfu standard. Considering the advancement of techniques in the past 150 years, Tea Hong's Keemun Traditional Supreme is very likely to be superior to what the kings and queens had in their cups. Net weight: 70 g (2.5 oz) in Kraft-alu packUSD 24.80 Quickview
Orchid Gratus 2017Fenghuang ( Phoenix ), Floral Aromas, Fuller Bodies, Home, Neutral Energy, Oolongs, TeaUSD 24.10
Wudong Xingren XiangFor people who like classic style Phoenix but desire something more mellow than Honey Orchid, Orchid Gratus offers a taste that is as full-bodied. It is balanced with as subtle a warm and slightly sweet aroma. Not only is this a great choice for the veteran tea connoisseur who seeks peace in the cup, but is also a bridge between softer oolongs and the more vibrant world of taste in Fenghuang Dancong. Net weight: 40 g (1.4 oz) in Kraft-alu packRated 5.00 out of 5USD 24.10 Quickview
Honey Orchid 2018Fenghuang ( Phoenix ), Floral Aromas, Fuller Bodies, Neutral Energy, Oolongs, TeaUSD 24.10
Milan Xiang Dancong:The fine mastery that produces Tea Hong's Honey Orchid has to be coupled with select first flush harvests from high grown tea bushes in order to deliver the kind of quality only a restricted circle of tea aficionados have known and kept to their secret. The overall production volume for such quality in the whole Phoenix region is only a few thousand kilos after all. Most will go to local elites, and the rest to the few hardcore Phoenix oolong fans that are also tea merchants, like us. Net weight: 40 g (1.4 oz) in Kraft-alu packRated 5.00 out of 5USD 24.10 Quickview
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I have some data represented in a 1300x1341 matrix. I would like to split this matrix in several pieces (e.g. 9) so that I can loop over and process them. The data needs to stay ordered in the sense that x[0,1] stays below (or above if you like) x[0,0] and besides x[1,1].
Just like if you had imaged the data, you could draw 2 vertical and 2 horizontal lines over the image to illustrate the 9 parts.
If I use numpys reshape (eg. matrix.reshape(9,260,745) or any other combination of 9,260,745) it doesn't yield the required structure since the above mentioned ordering is lost...
Did I misunderstand the reshape method or can it be done this way?
What other pythonic/numpy way is there to do this?


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the association we play with had a little team parade on opening day that our team participated in, even though we weren't officially playing that day. the boys are playing on the same team this season, the monsters, and proudly marched around the soccer field.
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