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when the crimes were committed at the orphanage, which closed in 1983. Although
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statute. The Bishop also took the opportunity to advise the parents of gay children: "This must be a nightmare moment for any parent. I would try to handle it with a degree of compassion. But I would not tolerate that kind of behaviour. I would not condemn but I would not tolerate it."
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Bishop Devine handed his resignation to the
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memorials "to create for themselves the image of a group of people under persecution." He accused them of being part of a "giant conspiracy" to completely destroy
Christianity. Bishop Devine explained, "Like
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of a common set of values - a coherent system that has the academic curriculum and moral and spiritual life in tandem".
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