In today's Irish Times Bishop Dermot Clifford is quoted as saying that the GAA"should be the first organisation to give it up. As the greatest amateur sporting organisation in the world it should be setting the standard".
The quote refers to the story which is covered in the previous blog.
Why do the Irish bishops always have to talk in terms of the 'greatest'? And to suggest that the GAA should be the 'first' really portrays a terrible type of thinking.
The archbishop went on to say, "I am from the country. The shepherd's voice will be listened to. I expect a positive response from parents."
He also said, "Our emphasis is on the parents at the grassroots level, not on organisational heads."
Is that not a strange sentiment coming from the patron of the GAA?
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