"Report alleges coverup in deadly 1972 N. Ireland blast; Contends British, church hid that priest was suspect" by Danica Kirka and John Heaney, Associated Press | August 25, 2010
BELFAST — The British government and the Roman Catholic Church colluded to cover up the suspected involvement of a priest in a 1972 bombing that killed nine people and injured 30, a new report said yesterday.
At least it wasn't sex abuse, right?
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A lot happened in '72, huh?
The report by the Northern Ireland police ombudsman determined that Father James Chesney was the prime suspect in the blast in the village of Claudy, just outside Londonderry and that the police chose not to pursue him. The Irish Republican Army has been blamed for the attack.
Oh, ANOTHER FALSE FLAG ATTACK, huh?
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“A senior [police] officer sought the government’s assistance in December 1972, through their engagement with senior figures of the Catholic Church, to ‘render harmless a dangerous priest,’ ’’ the report said.
Despite the suspicions of authorities, the church and British officials struck a deal that allowed Chesney to move to a parish in Ireland where British prosecutors lacked the jurisdiction to investigate him. Police approached the leaders apparently because of fears that arresting a cleric would inflame a tense situation....
And it would make the authorities look real bad!
The deal was struck following a meeting between Cardinal William Conway, the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland at the time, and Britain’s representative in Northern Ireland, William Whitelaw, documents cited by the report said.
Chesney, who died in 1980 after suffering from cancer, had denied involvement in the attack, Conway told Whitelaw, according to the report.
The police at the time believed Chesney to be an IRA member, but the report made no conclusion one way or the other about his possible involvement with the group.
According to the memo included in the report, however, a government official who was not named wrote that “the cardinal said he knew the priest was a very bad man and would see what could be done.’’
The report is certain to raise more questions about what role, if any, the church may have played during the more than 30 years of violence that claimed 3,600 lives.
Man, you keep turning over Catholic rocks and finding s*** under them!
The current head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, issued a statement yesterday saying it was “shocking that a priest should be involved in such violence.’’
Yeah, we are used to them doing the boom-boom from behind the altar boy.
Brady insisted, however, that “the Catholic Church did not engage in a coverup of this matter.’’
That would carry a lot more weight if they hadn't covered up the pedophilia.
The IRA’s political wing, Sinn Fein, said the report didn’t go far enough.
Though not addressing potential IRA involvement, the group demanded a full inquiry, saying the ombudsman addressed only the police role.
Looks like the IRA had NOTHING to do with it!
