13/07/2011

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:00:22. > :00:29.This is BBC Newsline. The headlines... Him 16 police officers

:00:29. > :00:34.injured in last night's chaos in Ardoyne. A bishop is condemned for

:00:34. > :00:37.failing to follow regulations concerning sex abuse. A woman

:00:37. > :00:43.abused from the age of 12 but says she will never get over what

:00:44. > :00:50.happened. The first up everything for me at such a young age was this

:00:50. > :00:55.a devil. It was like being contaminated by a horrible disease.

:00:55. > :01:00.The defence secretary apologises to the families of two pilots blamed

:01:00. > :01:10.for the Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash. We will have a squeeze on

:01:10. > :01:13.

:01:13. > :01:17.the sunny weather. More later in Good evening. We had more violence

:01:17. > :01:22.in Northern Ireland last night, the worst in Ardoyne where a peaceful

:01:22. > :01:28.protest against the Orange parade became chaotic and 16 police

:01:28. > :01:32.officers were injured. We had trouble in Londonderry, Strabane,

:01:32. > :01:42.Armagh and Ballymena. The police said the disturbances did not

:01:42. > :01:43.

:01:43. > :01:49.A moment of horror frozen in time. The officers's colleagues put out

:01:49. > :01:54.the flames. Then he emerged with his helmet still on fire. He

:01:55. > :01:59.returned to duty. Other officers came under fire as dozens of petrol

:01:59. > :02:04.bombs were thrown by nationalist rivals. The first indications that

:02:04. > :02:08.this violence was likely came just before 7 o'clock last night.

:02:08. > :02:14.Shortly before the Orange order arrived, a counter-demonstration

:02:14. > :02:24.got started. We will be asking people to peacefully despairs and

:02:24. > :02:24.

:02:24. > :02:31.that is it! -- depart. As that was starting, a police operation sprang

:02:31. > :02:35.into action. People were shot at the front of Ardoyne. This was used

:02:35. > :02:40.to launch attacks last year. They also blocked streets and alleyways

:02:40. > :02:46.to prevent potential troublemakers targeting of the parade. Shortly

:02:46. > :02:53.after 7 o'clock, the Orange parade passed peacefully with people

:02:53. > :03:03.walking past and protesting. Any hopes of a piece for aftermath

:03:03. > :03:04.

:03:04. > :03:08.banished. Last month, the police were attacked in East Belfast. Last

:03:08. > :03:16.night, loyalists are watched as a nationalist mob attached this

:03:16. > :03:20.target. -- attacked. They used water cannons to drive them back.

:03:20. > :03:24.Specialist officers were deployed because of concerns that a gunman

:03:24. > :03:29.was in the area. The local MP criticised the people responsible

:03:29. > :03:35.for the violence but praised people that made certain the Orange parade

:03:35. > :03:39.passed peacefully. In Ardoyne we had one of the most peaceful

:03:40. > :03:44.parades itself and the peaceful protest which was well controlled.

:03:44. > :03:49.But a small group of republicans were determined to have a violence,

:03:50. > :03:54.come what may. They did not even see the parade. It was about

:03:54. > :04:00.violence against the police -- police. It continued until early

:04:00. > :04:05.this morning. By then just a few people were involved. The clean up

:04:05. > :04:10.operation was already underway. People are hoping they will not be

:04:10. > :04:16.a repeat of the balance. There is not any reason for people to gather

:04:16. > :04:22.here tonight. We hope we denote have a repeat of last year. -- do

:04:22. > :04:28.not. I would characterise that as young men in random violence for no

:04:28. > :04:33.apparent reason. They have not got any degree of control or direction.

:04:33. > :04:40.It was spontaneous in the way they organised themselves. It did not

:04:40. > :04:44.appear to have any ability to be influenced or discouraged.

:04:44. > :04:49.violence was not as severe as last year. It does not appear to be

:04:49. > :04:58.highly organised. For that reason, the police are hopeful it will not

:04:58. > :05:05.be repeated but they emphasise that A damning report into how the

:05:05. > :05:12.Catholic Church handled allegations of sex abuse has found a Newry born

:05:12. > :05:16.priest did not implement the guidelines. The report focuses on

:05:16. > :05:21.Cloyne in county court and found some cases would not reported to

:05:21. > :05:26.the police. Three investigations involving big Catholic Church in

:05:26. > :05:32.Ireland have involved child abuse allegations. This looked at

:05:32. > :05:37.allegations in Cloyne between 1996- 2009, when child-protection

:05:37. > :05:44.guidelines were in place. It investigated allegations against 19

:05:44. > :05:48.clerics, including the Bishop of Cloyne, Cardinal Sean Brady. They

:05:48. > :05:50.said it had been dealt with appropriately but in general,

:05:50. > :05:56.appropriately but in general, procedures were not followed and

:05:56. > :06:06.the responsibility lay with Cardinal Sean Brady. The failures

:06:06. > :06:12.

:06:12. > :06:13.included not reporting all -- the The diocese was falsely claiming it

:06:13. > :06:20.The diocese was falsely claiming it reported all allegations of sex

:06:20. > :06:25.abuse. Another bad state of the Catholic Church. Yes, another

:06:25. > :06:28.difficult day for the Catholic Church. It has had a bad or

:06:28. > :06:33.shocking report. It demonstrates the breathtaking indifference

:06:33. > :06:38.towards child protection demonstrated by the church, or the

:06:38. > :06:43.way up to the Vatican. Blame is squarely on the shoulders of the

:06:43. > :06:49.former Bishop, John McGee. What makes it different from previous

:06:49. > :06:52.reports is how recent these cases are. Just two years ago they

:06:52. > :06:57.persisted with hypocrisy but said they were complying with child

:06:57. > :07:02.protection guidelines. They clearly were not. The Minister for Justice

:07:02. > :07:07.said that was clearly scandalous. The findings could not be more

:07:07. > :07:15.stark or disturbing. The authorities in Ardoyne gave

:07:15. > :07:20.assurances that they were operating under proper guidelines. -- Cloyne.

:07:20. > :07:25.They said a culture of covering up was a thing of the past. But they

:07:26. > :07:32.were not adhering to the guidelines. The report as signs primary

:07:32. > :07:37.responsibility to be Bishop of the diocese. Legislation will be

:07:37. > :07:41.implemented in making it a criminal offence for anybody knowing about

:07:41. > :07:50.abuse not passing information on to the Gardai. Church figures cannot

:07:50. > :07:54.anymore hide behind anything. It will not just be a study document,

:07:55. > :08:01.the legislation of the Gardai. have people reacted to today's

:08:01. > :08:05.news? Survivors of abuse say what has been exposed today represent a

:08:05. > :08:09.depressingly familiar story. But they welcome the new legislation

:08:09. > :08:16.that will be implemented. They say above all for the survivors, they

:08:16. > :08:21.just want justice to be served. is a case to investigate other

:08:21. > :08:24.dioceses. As we have seen in all of the reports we have been reading,

:08:25. > :08:29.be any justice victims have received is the fact that the

:08:29. > :08:34.report has been published. The experience is and how they were

:08:34. > :08:43.handled has been published. But there have not been prosecutions

:08:43. > :08:47.for the offenders. Of course today is about the victims in Cloyne in

:08:47. > :08:51.particular. The public acknowledgement of what they have

:08:52. > :08:58.been through. I spoke to some of the people affected by abuses in

:08:58. > :09:03.that area and what happened when they first came forward.

:09:03. > :09:08.picturesque town on the south coast and a place of painful pilgrimage

:09:08. > :09:13.from victims of abuse. This is where victims and families came to

:09:13. > :09:18.tell John McGee about the horrors they had suffered. Jack came with

:09:18. > :09:24.his daughter, who died four years ago after an operation. This woman

:09:24. > :09:33.is now 14. The first thing he asked what were we looking for money. We

:09:33. > :09:42.said we were not. We were speaking in private. He did not say he

:09:42. > :09:45.believed her. But he said he would look after things. Nothing was

:09:45. > :09:51.accomplished and they came again. Eventually, his deputy said that

:09:51. > :09:58.the abuser had been cured. A they said the police had been a way and

:09:58. > :10:02.that they had had counselling and that he was all right now.

:10:02. > :10:06.further action was taken by the Church. It was not an isolated case.

:10:06. > :10:12.The failure to act swiftly and appropriately but others in danger.

:10:12. > :10:15.This woman was abused for the age of 12. The first of everything for

:10:15. > :10:21.me at a young age was this devil and it feels like being

:10:21. > :10:26.contaminated by a horrible disease. I feel like I have really been

:10:26. > :10:33.touched by the devil and that is something that nobody will ever fix

:10:33. > :10:37.for me. It took decades before she felt able to report her abuses. The

:10:37. > :10:41.file was sent to be Director of Public Prosecutions but the case

:10:41. > :10:48.was not pursued. No justice from the system and a little church

:10:48. > :10:52.understanding. I went to an archbishop. And he said in 2005

:10:52. > :10:57.that it was a great example of child practice for the rest of the

:10:57. > :11:03.country. The failure to protect children has let a painful legacy

:11:03. > :11:08.it. The extraordinary thing about these things is that you were

:11:08. > :11:18.ashamed even though you had not done anything wrong. It is all very

:11:18. > :11:19.

:11:19. > :11:23.ugly. You get that feeling of guilt. That this is happening. The impact

:11:23. > :11:29.for some victims and families was of resignation but for others,

:11:29. > :11:35.simmering anger. As far as I am concerned, the state of the church

:11:35. > :11:44.in 2011 is corrupt, eagle and rotten, absolutely rotten. It is a

:11:45. > :11:48.diseased organisation and the state For some, no response can

:11:48. > :11:53.adequately persuade them that things are getting better. But

:11:53. > :12:00.people are hoping this marks the end of the failure to protect

:12:00. > :12:05.innocent children from clerical sex abuse. What do we know about John

:12:05. > :12:09.McGee, who has faced a scathing criticism? He progressed from a

:12:09. > :12:14.farm outside Newry to one of the but influential church positions.

:12:14. > :12:19.He was in effect a gatekeeper to three popes. We have been finding

:12:19. > :12:23.out about this former Vatican insider. For years he was at the

:12:23. > :12:30.heart of the Vatican. He was personal secretary to three

:12:30. > :12:36.successive men as Pope. He went far beyond his clerical grade. This is

:12:36. > :12:40.just outside the area where he was a student. Then he joined the

:12:40. > :12:47.priesthood and headed to missions in Africa. When he returned he

:12:47. > :12:52.became secretary to be Bem Pope. He was kept on by his successor. Then,

:12:52. > :12:57.he died after just 33 days in office. The Newry reported charted

:12:57. > :13:07.the rise of his local priest made good and the death of the Pope at

:13:07. > :13:09.

:13:09. > :13:15.the time gave him a great local angle. It was the date of the Pope

:13:15. > :13:20.acclaiming him as he was then that thrust his man into the spotlight.

:13:20. > :13:25.That claim that he had been there has to find the late pontiff was in

:13:25. > :13:31.fact not correct. It was in fact a number that found him. When asked

:13:31. > :13:39.why he made that claim, he simply said, I did find the Pope dead and

:13:39. > :13:44.I just was not the first. John McGee worked for the Popes for

:13:44. > :13:50.eight years and would have been in debt confidences. He would have

:13:50. > :14:00.seen a lot. They live with the Pope in his quarters. They are basically

:14:00. > :14:04.

:14:04. > :14:08.I do not plan to return. We have another meeting?

:14:08. > :14:14.He was said to have by the Vatican to try to resolve the Prison

:14:14. > :14:18.protest. The Bishop's Palace is a long way from the grace-and-favour

:14:18. > :14:24.apartment in Rome he would have called home. But it was to hear

:14:24. > :14:28.that Bishop Magee returned in 1987 to takeover the diocese of Cloyne.

:14:28. > :14:33.And it was not just his mishandling of clerical abuse allegations that

:14:33. > :14:38.caused concern. Matt was a trainee priest at the time and the subject

:14:38. > :14:42.of allegations that he try to kill his father to benefit from the

:14:42. > :14:47.family well. The claims resulted in it will feel on-off investigation

:14:47. > :14:51.in which Bishop Magee was involved. It led to illness which forced him

:14:52. > :14:56.out of the priest had. He says just like the child abuse controversy,

:14:56. > :15:02.Bishop Magee and the rest of the hierarchy did not know how to deal

:15:02. > :15:07.with a difficult case like his. was totally inconsistent. There was

:15:07. > :15:13.no systematic policy at all procedures for dealing with child -

:15:13. > :15:18.- such events. Generally a lot of the people responsible for the wake

:15:18. > :15:23.it was managed and that experience. Be sure John McKie it is now living

:15:23. > :15:27.in retirement. His was a glittering career that will be overshadowed by

:15:28. > :15:31.the way it was ended. He made the same mistake as many of his

:15:31. > :15:35.contemporaries but in his case, the child protection arrangements were

:15:35. > :15:42.supposedly in place, so he cannot claim he did not know how to deal

:15:42. > :15:47.with the abuse allegations. In response to the report, the

:15:47. > :15:53.Catholic Prime that Sean brainy face the media. Colin Macaulay

:15:53. > :16:00.asked him whether he except he was wrong not to remove John Magee.

:16:00. > :16:04.was hopeful that this situation we continue under his leadership but I

:16:04. > :16:09.knew this status could not have continued indefinitely, some change

:16:09. > :16:14.would have to come about and that change would only happen if he

:16:14. > :16:20.would step aside, which is the normal thing when an allegation is

:16:20. > :16:24.made, and apply for an Apostolic administration, somebody else to

:16:24. > :16:28.run the diocese but he would be there to help the enquiry which had

:16:28. > :16:35.been announced by the state at that time. A in the context of

:16:35. > :16:38.everything, do you regret the decision to back him? I regret that

:16:38. > :16:44.any heard and misunderstanding that cause people because I wanted him

:16:44. > :16:49.not to resign and not to run away. But to stay and face his

:16:50. > :16:56.responsibilities but it soon became clear that he needed help running

:16:56. > :17:03.the diocese. How bad a day is this for the Catholic Church? It is a

:17:03. > :17:09.very bad day. It saddens me greatly. I am very upset. I want to

:17:09. > :17:14.apologise to all the victims of abuse and to their parents and

:17:14. > :17:18.families, but as I say, if there is one positive thing to come out of

:17:18. > :17:27.it is the confirmation that this church structures have been proven

:17:27. > :17:31.to be effective. Still to come: everyone is talking about glory,

:17:31. > :17:41.but there is more than one coal stammer and hoping for glory at the

:17:41. > :17:42.

:17:42. > :17:46.A new report into the Mull of Kintyre crash in 1994 as clear the

:17:46. > :17:50.two pilots of gross negligence. The Defence Secretary has apologised to

:17:50. > :17:58.their families and said he hoped this would remove any stain on

:17:58. > :18:01.their reputations. All 29 people along -- died along with 25 of the

:18:01. > :18:06.UK's most senior intelligence experts.

:18:06. > :18:09.This is the day the families of the pilots have longed for, the day

:18:09. > :18:15.they received an apology and the day they were told that that ruling

:18:15. > :18:20.of gross negligence would be set aside. The worst peacetime accident

:18:20. > :18:27.took the lives of 29 people, four crew and 25 intelligence officers

:18:27. > :18:31.from Northern Ireland. What exactly happened has been the focus of

:18:31. > :18:37.near-miss inquiries. In 1995, a review by two RAF air marshals

:18:37. > :18:40.found that the two pilots had been grossly negligent. Today the

:18:40. > :18:45.Defence Secretary Liam Fox said that finding should be overturned.

:18:45. > :18:49.I have written to the widows of the two pilots, to the father of

:18:49. > :18:53.Jonathan Tapper and the brother of Richard Kirk to express our apology

:18:54. > :18:58.for the distress that was caused to them by the findings of negligence.

:18:58. > :19:03.I wish to express that apology publicly. The Defence Secretary's

:19:03. > :19:08.remarks about the pilots goes to the heart of the relatives campaign

:19:08. > :19:15.and his statement received a warm welcome. Absolutely delighted, very

:19:15. > :19:19.taken aback. A I was not expecting we would get that much today. I

:19:19. > :19:25.understood we would get an idea of what the report said and that was

:19:25. > :19:31.it, so to get the fact that Liam Fox is supporting Lord Philip's

:19:31. > :19:37.recommendations, that they made an apology is really much appreciated.

:19:37. > :19:40.Watching Liam Fox's statement was Susan. Her husband was in the

:19:40. > :19:45.Special Branch and died in the crash. She believes the Defence

:19:45. > :19:50.Secretary has done the right thing. In the sense that he has given back

:19:50. > :19:54.those men's reputation I am delighted because this is the day

:19:55. > :19:59.about the family is there, and it is important that it is their day.

:19:59. > :20:02.That must be wonderful for them. Today's report received political

:20:02. > :20:07.support from across the house as well as the apology and the

:20:07. > :20:11.overturning of the gross negligence Roding, today's findings recommend

:20:11. > :20:14.that the Ministry of Defence should reconsider how senior intelligence

:20:14. > :20:18.officers are transported in the future.

:20:18. > :20:22.The Defence Secretary said we may not know exactly what caused the

:20:22. > :20:28.crash. He said he hoped today's report would offer some closure to

:20:28. > :20:32.the families. There are fears that the Republic

:20:32. > :20:38.could need a second international bail-out after the country's debt

:20:38. > :20:45.was downgraded to junk status. That means investors few Irish

:20:45. > :20:51.government debt as too risky to buy. Our economics editor joins me. What

:20:52. > :20:56.does it mean? Can Ireland not borrow more money? It means it

:20:56. > :20:59.cannot borrow money in the international money markets. There

:20:59. > :21:05.are people getting better deals from loan sharks than Ireland would

:21:05. > :21:11.get at the moment. That is why it is relying on the European Union

:21:11. > :21:15.and the Central Bank and IMF to fund it. When Moodys downgrade the

:21:15. > :21:19.value of Irish debt and says that is because they think it could be a

:21:19. > :21:23.second bail-out, it becomes a self- fulfilling policy because it pushes

:21:23. > :21:27.up the rates that would be charged on our debt, that means it is

:21:27. > :21:32.unlikely they can return to the market and have to rely on the

:21:32. > :21:41.European Union and the chances of another bail-out become more likely.

:21:41. > :21:44.Moodys does praise island's efforts that financial consolidation.

:21:44. > :21:48.They also have their own measures which they announced on Monday

:21:48. > :21:53.which they thought would stabilise things and allow Ireland to return

:21:53. > :21:59.to the markets. But Moodys does not think Europe is doing a good job.

:21:59. > :22:03.It wants a better deal to sort out these problems, so they say this is

:22:03. > :22:10.not an Irish problem, it is a problem by Rick -- European

:22:10. > :22:15.leadership. The Republic is our biggest export market, 40 % of our

:22:15. > :22:20.exports there. It is a huge market for the UK, bigger than Brazil,

:22:20. > :22:24.Russia and China combined so we are seeing the impact of that. Less

:22:24. > :22:27.sudden money coming into Northern Ireland because of the austerity

:22:27. > :22:32.budget. 10 to thousands of people turned

:22:32. > :22:38.out for the traditional Sham Fight. Thousands of members of the Royal

:22:38. > :22:42.Black Institution along with 80 bans made their way. The Battle of

:22:42. > :22:46.the Boyne was re-enacted with King William fighting King James and not

:22:46. > :22:51.surprisingly the winner was William. The institution says it has been

:22:51. > :22:56.working hard to promote the fight as a major tourist attraction.

:22:56. > :23:02.Today is one of our celebrations. It has been going on for a long

:23:02. > :23:07.number of years. This is almost my 50th year and I must say this is

:23:07. > :23:15.the biggest crowd I have seen. is a day for a picnic, a good

:23:15. > :23:22.family day out. You see people you do not see all year, get to say

:23:22. > :23:27.hello to them. The events that beast Sham Fight.

:23:27. > :23:37.Golfs Open Championship tees off tomorrow. Focuses on the favourite

:23:37. > :23:38.

:23:38. > :23:47.or caught -- Khoury McCoy but that Everybody wants to talk about one

:23:47. > :23:53.golfer. But Graeme McDowell is happy to deflect the attention.

:23:53. > :24:01.be number two player, it takes me out of the limelight for a few

:24:01. > :24:06.weeks and this week is the week Fourie. He will be getting a lot of

:24:06. > :24:10.attention. It will be a lot of shaking hands and back-slapping

:24:10. > :24:17.because our people are proud of what he has accomplished. I know

:24:17. > :24:21.for me it was very overwhelming. I am sure he will be ready, Thursday.

:24:21. > :24:27.And if you wanted to watch Rory McIlroy today you would have to be

:24:27. > :24:36.up early. He started his practice round at 6:15am. Final preparations

:24:36. > :24:42.in pursuit of another major championship. There was no doubt by

:24:42. > :24:50.-- we will continue to inspire each other. He has matched my feet. He

:24:50. > :24:56.is a great player and I would love to see him on Sunday afternoon.

:24:56. > :25:02.that could be a shoot-out everyone in Northern Ireland would enjoy.

:25:02. > :25:06.Borrie Mackle work starts tomorrow. Graeme McDowell tees off in the

:25:06. > :25:09.afternoon. We will hear more on those

:25:09. > :25:13.preparations in a special programme tonight called The Open Plan here

:25:13. > :25:18.on BBC One at 10:45pm. Let's get on BBC One at 10:45pm. Let's get

:25:18. > :25:24.the latest on the weather. We are going to get another day or

:25:24. > :25:29.so of the fine and warm weather before things go down hell. This

:25:29. > :25:35.weekend is looking unsettled. Very pleasant today. Even though it

:25:35. > :25:42.clouded up a bit in the afternoon, temperatures peaked at 23 degrees.

:25:42. > :25:46.One of the warmer spots in the concert -- countryside. Fat cloud

:25:46. > :25:55.starts to melt away this evening so for many it is a bright end to the

:25:55. > :26:04.day. Some lovely sunset scene so. Three the night, it stays dry, a

:26:04. > :26:11.few clear spells. Temperatures are looking at 10-11 degrees. Just a

:26:11. > :26:16.few rural spots which could dip down to around 5 or 6 degrees.

:26:16. > :26:21.Restart tomorrow on a fine note, a bright note before cloud increases.

:26:22. > :26:30.Once again we will probably find the best of the sunshine unlikely

:26:30. > :26:36.to be first thing in the morning. But the cloud does increase,

:26:36. > :26:42.particularly if into Londonderry as we head into the afternoon. Not a

:26:42. > :26:49.lot of rain. The emphasis is on a lot of dry weather. You would be

:26:49. > :26:56.lucky to catch one of those showers. Particularly for eastern areas,

:26:56. > :27:06.still bright enough come the end of the afternoon. 18-19 Celsius in the

:27:06. > :27:10.West. Up to 21 in Belfast. Tomorrow night is quite a warm night and.

:27:10. > :27:17.Temperatures holding at 12 or 13 degrees but they do not rise as

:27:17. > :27:25.much as we head into Friday. Not much sunshine in the sky, a lot of

:27:25. > :27:29.cloud. Cool temperatures continue into the weekend. Some heavy

:27:29. > :27:35.showers and it looks as though it will be increasingly windy. A

:27:35. > :27:40.reminder of the stories making the headlines: 16 officers were hurt,

:27:40. > :27:42.26 people were arrested in violence across Northern Ireland last night.

:27:43. > :27:44.A report has condemned a bishop A report has condemned a bishop

:27:44. > :27:49.John Magee for failing to follow church rules on reporting clerical

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