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...Further revelations may, in fact, not be very far away. Last week, Northern Ireland's Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said that a state inquiry into institutional and clerical child abuse should be considered. For campaigner Mary Raftery, the possible consequences of such a probe are clear. "It would inevitably expose a range of cover-ups and would make the church's role [in Irish society] unsustainable," she says. "The number of people whose hands aren't dirtied by this is quite small...
...again ran high, and Northern Ireland teetered on the edge of what one of the senior members of Mitchell's team warned could have been "full-scale civil war." The I.R.A. cease-fire announced in July and the promise of peace talks in September again raised hopes. Says Christopher McGimpsey, a U.U.P. city councilor from Belfast: "We were hearing from the grass roots that we should enter talks...
...normal, everyday events, like delivering the milk or walking the dog. Now the streets are quiet, and the British soldiers who once patrolled them in full battle dress are gone. Gone too are the ubiquitous roadblocks and checkpoints. "People are trying to put those things behind them," said Chris McGimpsey, a Protestant councilor. "We are entering...
...beatings, however, are more than a misguided attempt at crime control or fund raising. Violence, disguised as crime fighting, is one way the I.R.A. maintains its influence. "The paramilitaries use punishment beatings to fight for social control of the ghetto," says Chris McGimpsey, a Belfast city councilor who represents the Protestant Shankill Road area. "The paramilitaries fear the loss of power now that there is a cease-fire...
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