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Ed UK Gov & RC Church colluded to not investigate an IRA leader who was a priest

I just don't know what to make of this at all.
"Looks like this priest is a mover and shaker in the IRA and has been setting off bombs and killing people."
"Hmm. This is a serious matter and we must act at once! Tell you what, let's move him to Donegal"

I suppose we must see it in the context of what the situation was in 1972. But it is still amazing.
 
"The most generous theory is that they felt that protecting the priest was the lesser of two evils.

"During that turbulent period in 1972, many believed that Northern Ireland was on the brink of a sectarian civil war. Almost 500 people were killed that year.

"If a priest had been arrested in connection with the Claudy bomb, it could have pushed community relations over the edge."

Both Protestants and Catholics were killed in the blasts.
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It's a plausible theory.
 
I had to open the thread, because I really needed to know what a "pre-ist" was.
I never saw that typo before and wish to vote for it as typo of the month.
A "postist" sounds equally intriguing.

I wish I could still be shocked by the stuff governments and churches pull, but frankly, I think my shock neurons all died. It's the cheap alcohol and government subsidised soma.
 
Soapy Sam said:
I had to open the thread, because I really needed to know what a "pre-ist" was.
I never saw that typo before and wish to vote for it as typo of the month.
A "postist" sounds equally intriguing.
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As well as pre- and post- there is also a "currentist", which is someone obsessed with dried fruit.
 
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