Keywords: Christian Brothers
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 09 June 2011
15 Comments
The Christian Brothers have made efforts to atone for cases of child abuse that occurred in their institutions. That Oranges and Sunshine condemns them universally is due less to malice than to the fact that the filmmaker's sympathies sit squarely with the victims.
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RELIGION
I am shocked and angered by the actions of fellow religious Brothers detailed in the Ryan Report. There were basic things lacking in our training that could have led to a very warped way of looking at oneself and the world.
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RELIGION
- Julian Butler
- 15 June 2009
18 Comments
Eventually the Vatican will have to stand in solidarity with the
victims of abuse. The Church is
capable of acting well and badly. To separate individuals from the Church diminishes the responsibility of the whole body.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 03 October 2007
4 Comments
In a time of perplexity about Catholicism and religion generally, the
perspective of Christian Brothers' founder Edmund Rice is strongly anchored in a faith focused on the
neediest groups in society. It points us towards recognising the good values and motives of those with whom
we differ.
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