tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910221557632849202.post7538846656320255363..comments2023-12-25T01:16:54.487+00:00Comments on A fool on a hill: Bookless in Norfolk - well, almost. City of Shadows, by Michael RussellSue Purkisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910221557632849202.post-37303316875973851522017-03-26T17:44:39.018+01:002017-03-26T17:44:39.018+01:00Yes - I think it's changed a great deal in the...Yes - I think it's changed a great deal in the last 15-20 years; and it certainly needed to.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910221557632849202.post-81118627149584768442017-03-25T16:35:37.642+00:002017-03-25T16:35:37.642+00:00I lived and worked in Dublin for about a year, 30+...I lived and worked in Dublin for about a year, 30+ years ago. From the way my girlfriend there described convent schools, and schools run by the Christian Brothers, it seemed to me that casual violence and abuses were rife. And that everyone knew about it, but the grip of the Church in Ireland was such that no state action took place. Andrew Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063661979113168003noreply@blogger.com