It’s a sin to tar the good name of all priests

By David Quinn
Sunday Times
July 7, 2019

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Taoiseach’s gaffe reveals how the image of church leaders as hypocrites has been drilled into the Irish psyche without question

While I am having a pint with a couple of people in a city-centre pub one evening, a fellow comes up to me and announces: “I want you to know that you are the worst person in Ireland and I hope you have a horrible, horrible life.”

My two companions are shocked but not entirely surprised. One of the hazards of being a columnist is that from time to time you will be spotted by someone who hates your guts — and wants you to know it. The chances of this happening go up when your views are, well, unfashionable.