Foley, who had been celebrating his 34th birthday on the night of the offence, had denied the charge. He told gardaí he had “found your wan” after he had gone to relieve himself near a skip at 3.50am. However CCTV footage showed him carrying her to the skip area. It also emerged he had met her earlier in a nightclub.
Yeah amazing how we all rush forward to condemn the Church for their attitudes to child abuse and yet we see here how attitudes of normal people to sex crimes is still stuck in the dark ages as well.
The 50 people involved should be named and shamed since the victim seems to have suffered the same fate. It was disgusting.
Few things get under my skin it this country as i expect most of the stuff i see. But this really really has my blood boiling.
Foley, who had been celebrating his 34th birthday on the night of the offence, had denied the charge. He told gardaí he had “found your wan” after he had gone to relieve himself near a skip at 3.50am.
However CCTV footage showed him carrying her to the skip area. It also emerged he had met her earlier in a nightclub.
This happened on the same day that a priest was found guilty of over 70 counts of serious sexual assault on a young boy. The judge deemed it a suitable punishment that he spend 18 months in prison.
What the hell is wrong with us? Why are sex crimes treated as a misdemeanour?
Rape is second only to murder as a crime and in many cases worse than some murders. People found guilty of the rape of a young child should face 15-20 years in prison at the very minimum. The age of the accused should never be use to mitigate the severity of the sentence.
The sentences handed down to child rapists are utterly outrageous as is the general attitude to those who covered up their crimes. I couldn’t give a damn if a bishop resigns or not. I am only interested in knowing when those who covered up and facilitated these child rapists will face trial and how long they will spend in prison. I would suggest that they should serve longer sentences that the actual abusers just as those who facilitate crimes against humanity are more culpable than those who carry out the crimes.
This is what we should be protesting about, this is our national crisis, this is our national shame.
On reading the story in the link posted (and hearing about it on the radio etc..), the sympathisers in question need to be rounded up and educated about the effects of a sex crime, how it affects the victim, the victims family and friends, how the family and friends of the perpetrator are affected - how many lives are affected negatively. I would make this educational process as graphic and hard hitting as possible so that these people understand exactly what they are condoning.
They should definitely be named and shamed. They are as bad as the rapist himself.
Sorry, sexual assault and not rape.....don't want AAM done over it !!!
Parish priest was among them and was interviewed on NewsTalk this morning where he refered to.."the alleged assault" and stated it was a "miscarrige of justice"
And i am thinking of contacting that priests bishop to regisiter my disgust at his actions and his interview this morning on NewsTalk.