"  As the last priests in Ireland, we have a right to consideration, acknowledgement, support, encouragement and, above all, respect,"....

They should suffer the same punishment !

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Report Details Abuses in Irish Reformatories
NEW YORK TIMES
By SARAH LYALL
Published: May 20, 2009 

"LONDON — Tens of thousands of Irish children were sexually, physically and emotionally abused by nuns, priests and others over 60 years in a network of church-run residential schools meant to care for the poor, the vulnerable and the unwanted, according to a report released in Dublin on Wednesday. "

" “Punching, flogging, assault and bodily attacks, hitting with the hand, kicking, ear pulling, hair pulling, head shaving, beating on the soles of the feet, burning, scalding, stabbing, severe beatings with or without clothes, being made to kneel and stand in fixed positions for lengthy periods, made to sleep outside overnight, "....

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/world/europe/21ireland.html?_r=0