tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post4769392609948821064..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Neil Addison on not reporting abuseFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-35254908373578899712010-08-25T21:35:23.109+01:002010-08-25T21:35:23.109+01:00Here is an extract from a Radio Free Europe Report...Here is an extract from a Radio Free Europe Report from 1961 about the arrest of some Hungarian priests:<br /><br />"Accusations of indecent behaviour have been standard tactics for the past<br />seven months. They are designed to blacken the clergy's reputation, and it is<br />of some significance that in four cases out of six the Catholic priests were<br />accused of having committed an indecent offence against altar boys. The<br />implication here is that not only is it unwise for parents to send children to<br />religious instruction and church, but that it is also dangerous..."<br /><br /> http://files.osa.ceu.hu/holdings/300/8/3/text/31-2-218.shtml<br /><br />The implication of this Radio Free Europe report being that the Communists were falsely accusing priests who were not politically compliant. <br /><br />Churchgoers in Czechoslovakia in the 1960's and 1970's often found that their children were denied places in the Grammar School and then University. <br /><br />There is a great need for a good history of religious persecution in Czechoslovakia under Totality.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560006282627072784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-38592904379715498182010-08-25T11:53:08.715+01:002010-08-25T11:53:08.715+01:00It helps to escape the narrow perspective of our o...It helps to escape the narrow perspective of our own time and place.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871618901190898384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-8180085269685086592010-08-24T23:45:04.151+01:002010-08-24T23:45:04.151+01:00That's a very helpful article thank you.That's a very helpful article thank you.Clare@ BattlementsOfRubieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672603563016876943noreply@blogger.com