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Twomey said the bishops "were deemed guilty of putting the interests of the institution above the safety and welfare of children. Their failure to act when necessary, whatever the motivation, caused profound emotional damage to the victims of clerical sexual abuse and their families, and facilitated
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Twomey said "an honest investigation of the culture of the Irish
Catholic Church itself is needed. Scrutinising 'traditional Irish Catholicism' would call for a long-term commitment at local and national level. This should begin immediately." He said that "with reference to the Irish Bishops'
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of our cowardice and lack of moral courage". He said moral theology was about virtue, decency, character, principle, but that "very little of that has been evident in the last 20 years, be it in banking, economics, politics or the church".
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radio on 7 March 2012, Twomey defended his material, claiming "It is a fact that atheism has produced the worst atrocities in history such as Nazism" and "I stand over my course, I stand over what I said".
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removed material on atheism, written by Twomey, from its religion module for primary schools teachers. The material, Atheist
Ireland argued, was defamatory and untrue, linking atheist humanism to both
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