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Today’s scandals help us understand ‘Victorian values’
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The Irish Catholic reports that various books, articles, and documentaries have argued the Catholic Church in Ireland was excessively puritanical and repressive regarding sexual matters in the past.
Sociologist Tom Inglis, author of Moral Monopoly, and T.P. O’Mahony, author of Forbidden Ireland, are among those who have presented this perspective.
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- Reporting@IrishCathNewsToday’s scandals help us understand ‘Victorian values’
The Irish Catholic · Mary Kenny
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