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Rest in peace Sinéad. Your horror has ended.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 91 points 1 year ago

Very true, but she was also a religious nut. I'm glad she did what she did, even though almost no one understood the protest at the time, but she was her own brand of crazy Catholic.

[-] sab@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

Aye. I remember it being big news worldwide that she tore up a picture of the pope. It was only decades later that I found out it was to protest molestations.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

I remember it well and pretty much everyone at the time was baffled because the scandal just wasn't that well-known outside of specific Catholic circles yet. Which just gave priests more time and more coverage until it actually started coming out in a big way a few years ago. It should have started the ball rolling then and there, but ripping up a picture of the pope and saying, "fight the real enemy" without giving context did not help the case.

[-] b000urns@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I'd say it was fairly well known lol Not widely publicised and discussed perhaps

[-] Aldrond@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Catholic Church is a criminal organization, and I mean what I say. Its high-ranking officials should be on trial.

She was ahead of the curve. Every pope is a bastard including the current, Pope "Molesty-up-cover" Francis.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

True. One of the last ones were in Hitler Jugend but let's forgive and forget simple wrongdoings like being pro Nazi or raping children

[-] Aldrond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No, honestly, as much as I dislike every Pope, that one wasn't his fault.

Hitler Youth was not optional, and they absolutely hurt and abused children under their care. I know because I know someone who was forced into that situation and suffers lasting trauma from it.

[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I was in college and saw her do it live. I thought it was strange, but had no idea what grandiose aftermath there would be.

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