If Sinn Fein urged Louth man Paudie McGahon
to go the gardai, haven't they already done as much as could reasonably
be expected? That's the line which is now being taken by republicans in
the wake of another scandal involving the internal investigation of a
sexual abuse case by the IRA.
It's easy for one-half of the republican movement to make the
right noises, by publicly telling victims to go to the police.
It's much harder for victims to actually do so when they have been warned privately by the other half of the same movement that this is not an option which they would be wise to consider. What did Sinn Fein do to ensure that victims would be safe from reprisals if they came forward? Paudie told BBC's Spotlight that he was warned his body would be found on a border road if he spoke out. Nothing that happened subsequently was likely to assure him that he was safe.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/eilis-ohanlon-chilling-how-sinn-feins-next-generation-is-willing-to-go-along-with-the-silence-31067419.html
It's much harder for victims to actually do so when they have been warned privately by the other half of the same movement that this is not an option which they would be wise to consider. What did Sinn Fein do to ensure that victims would be safe from reprisals if they came forward? Paudie told BBC's Spotlight that he was warned his body would be found on a border road if he spoke out. Nothing that happened subsequently was likely to assure him that he was safe.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/eilis-ohanlon-chilling-how-sinn-feins-next-generation-is-willing-to-go-along-with-the-silence-31067419.html