Anyone that comes on here regularly knows that I slam the Roman Church at every turn but fair is fair and a decent person should be acknowledged.
I have always felt that this man was genuinely upset and disgusted at the extent of clerical paedophilia in his organization and cover-up by those at the top. Rather than hide, walk away or try to gloss over the problem with lies and PR talk he has addressed the issue head on on most occasions underlining what cowards and liars his counterparts and collogues are.
I wish him well and hope that he achieves something meaningful for the victims of these crimes and the believers who have been betrayed by his organisation.

”The’re a real danger today of people saying the child abuse scandal is over, let’s bury it, let’s move on. It isn’t over. Child protection and the protection of children is something that will go on for the rest of our lives and into the future, beacuse the problems are there.”
This man is a legend . He says it as it is and is not in a comfortable place while he says these things . But change must come from within the church as he is trying to do . He is a good man .

For once somebody from the church who speaks honestly and openly. Whatever your thoughts on the whole fiasco u have to admire his openness

Whilst Archbishop Martin is undoubtedly a good man and a person who cares about deeply about the harm done by the church, He is merely an irritation to those like cardinal Brady etc who seem incapable of saving or changing the church in Ireland.
He rightly points out that the child abuse scandal is not over, which is at odds with many in his church who wish it would simply go away.
The days when the church could wish things away are long gone thankfully.

Agreed, I think Diarmuid Martin is a good guy.

Diarmuid Martin for Pope! His honesty is refreshing and I believe it’s clergy like Martin who will be the ones to save the church and create a better, more open organisation. Bring it back to basics, like Jesus’ intention. No Prada slippers, no opulent palaces and treasures, just servants of the people bringing the message of God’s love and salvation to the people who still wish to belong to the church.

I have huge respect for this man.

In a nutshell,this is without doubt the first man of substance to hold office in the Church in Ireland,those who follow the Christian way should remember that Christ said he was truth itself,therefore those who have peddled its opposite are unworthy of the name Christian. The love of power and its service has for too long been the remit of the men at the top,cardinal Brady is a classic example.

I have no love for the church, but I have a lot of respect for a man who can stand up and speak the truth, even if it does make him unpopular with his peers.
I wish this guy all the best, may he lead the cleansing that the Church needs, if they are ever to deserved of respect again.

Too little, too late. How much can one small country take? Lots more obviously by the display of ashes on people’s foreheads recently. Foolish.

I have a lot of hatred towards the church and their employees, but this guy is deserved of respect. It’s no easy thing to say what he said, given his position. It’s nice to see that some decent people exist among the higher ups in that evil cult.

Pile it on until it’s irrevocably smashed.

Then why doesn’t Martin lead a breakaway from the Roman catholic church? Rid itself of all the wrongdoers and perverts who STILL enjoy the protection and patronage of the Vatican. He seems to have the following of a vast number of people in Ireland who agree with him and lets face it, it’s current ‘leader’ in Ireland, Brady is so discredited and tainted by what he done to those poor children he helped silence all those years ago and the fact that he stayed silent whilst the pervert he helped to protect went on for nearly 20 more years raping and molesting more young children and is now widely seen as one of the worst offending pedophiles ever to walk the land. Martin should set up a Celtic church based on the one that once existed in Ireland long before the malevolent Roman version came along in the guise of Augustus and Patrick who were not, as is believed ‘bringing christianity to Ireland’ but merely bringing the Romanized version of it with it’s insane dogma and rituals and it’s penchant for greed, power and wealth. Martin knows in heart that the catholic church in Ireland is finished, it’s days are well and truly numbered. In most Western countries institutions like the catholic church are becoming less viable and in many place irrelevant because most rational thinking people have seen through it and realise how ridiculous it is. People are looking for more enlightened answers and more and more of them are simply turning away from organised religion, add to that the scandals that have destroyed the catholic church and you have a situation that even Martin can’t reverse.

Regardless of my opinion on this man, the catholic church needs to go or at least be rendered so it has no influence on goverment or society. Religion should be a personal thing and the shenanigans of this church just reinforces this point.

At this stage what the Catholic church says is Irrelevant. One abused child was one too many! Generations of families ruined by priests. Its that simple.

Too little too late now just go away, I cannot understand why people are so sympathetic to Archbishop Martin, he still serves those people in the Vatican and he also knows exactly what is going on yet he is still part of that organization.
I think he should resign and take a good look at his options.

It’s a conspiracy!!!

Wonder why my comment was censored? Because I don’t agree with the sheep above?

Wonder why my comment was not published? Because I don’t agree with the sheeple above?