Standing Committee tribute to Canon JLB Deane; Summer Madness & Church Army new appointment to drive forward mission in Ireland; BBC’s new claims over Cardinal Brady’s role in sex abuse inquiry; Irish passport key to avoid student fees; President speaks of ‘heartbreaking’ unemployment and emigration on US trip; Legal capacity bill ‘should focus on human rights’; National Volunteering Week; Northern Ireland’s £60m bill for calling up substitute teachers
Standing Committee tribute to Canon JLB Deane
The Standing Committee of the C of I General Synod met on Tuesday 24 April 2012. The Archbishop of Armagh paid tribute to Canon J.L.B. ‘Barry’ Deane who died recently, describing him as ‘a servant of the Church over many years’, which was followed by an extended tribute by the Ven. Robin Bantry White recalling Canon Deane’s ‘critical and central contribution’ to the General Synod – of which he was a member for fifty years and a lay Honorary Secretary from 1968 to 1992 – to the Representative Church Body, and to many of the Church’s committees and structures, including the Standing Committee, the Board of Education in the Republic of Ireland and the Church of Ireland Pension Fund; Archdeacon White recalled that Mr Deane, who had been conferred with a lay canonry by Archbishop Eames in recognition of his lifetime of lay service, was a ‘chief originator’ of the current clergy pension arrangements, as well as highly involved in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne & Ross.
Summer Madness & Church Army new appointment to drive forward mission in Ireland
ChristianToday – Summer Madness and Church Army have appointed Jasper Rutherford to drive forward mission among in Ireland. Rutherford is coming on board as Outreach and Development Officer among young people and will work to inspire thousands to engage with mission.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/new.appointment.to.drive.forward.mission.in.ireland/29788.htm
http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=6015
New claims over Cardinal Brady’s role in sex abuse inquiry
BBC News – A BBC investigation uncovers new claims about the Catholic primate of all-Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, and his role in a 1975 clerical sex abuse inquiry. The investigation centres on a secret church inquiry in 1975 when a 14-year-old boy was questioned about abuse. Smyth abused him and others in guesthouses on trips across Ireland. In 1975, Cardinal Brady was a priest and teacher in County Cavan in the …
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17894419
Fresh claims put pressure on Cardinal Brady
BBC News -… against a fellow priest, the man who would later be exposed as Ireland’s most prolific paedophile, Fr Brendan Smyth. The manner in which he handled that internal church inquiry has come under intense scrutiny in a BBC ‘This World’ investigation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17853126
Brady knew of 5 Smyth abuse claims
Irish Examiner – By Claire O’Sullivan. The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland was warned by a 14-year-old victim of Fr Brendan Smyth that the paedophile priest was likely abusing five more named children — but failed to take action. The explosive claims once …
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/brady-knew-of-5-smyth-abuse-claims-192494.html
Irish passport key to avoid student fees
BBC – A Scottish government spokesman has confirmed that sixth form pupils in the UK who hold Irish passports qualify for free university tuition in Scotland.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17900220
President speaks of ‘heartbreaking’ unemployment and emigration on US trip
TheJournal.ie – Michael D Higgins told Irish professionals working in the States that he hoped to some day see many of them return to Ireland in the future.
http://www.thejournal.ie/president-speaks-of-heartbreaking-unemployment-and-emigration-on-us-trip-436916-May2012/
Legal capacity bill ‘should focus on human rights’
TheJournal.ie – Joint Oireachtas committee says proposed legislation needs to protect the rights of the individual.
http://www.thejournal.ie/legal-capacity-bill-should-focus-on-human-rights-436134-May2012/
National Volunteering Week
TheJournal.ie – National Volunteering Week takes place from 14 – 20 May, and it is hoped that more than 10,000 people will take part.
http://www.thejournal.ie/volunteering-makes-you-happier-435773-May2012/
Northern Ireland’s £60m bill for calling up substitute teachers
Belfast Telegraph – The cost of supplying substitute teachers in Northern Ireland has soared to more than £60m, it can be revealed.In the last academic year (2010/11) almost £61.5m was paid out for substitute teachers —£8.6m more than 2006/07 when it cost just under £53m.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/northern-irelands-60m-bill-for-calling-up-substitute-teachers-16152413.html