Sinéad O'Connor just died. It's worth reminding that her life was destroyed after she made the bold move and criticized the Church and pope John Paul II regarding the problem of child molestation.
Sinéad O'Connor just died. It's worth reminding that her life was destroyed after she made the bold move and criticized the Church and pope John Paul II regarding the problem of child molestation.
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Singer Sinéad O'Connor dies aged 56
Rest in peace Sinéad. Your horror has ended.
Very true, but she was also a religious nut. I'm glad she did what she did, even though almost no one understood the protest at the time, but she was her own brand of crazy Catholic.
Aye. I remember it being big news worldwide that she tore up a picture of the pope. It was only decades later that I found out it was to protest molestations.
I remember it well and pretty much everyone at the time was baffled because the scandal just wasn't that well-known outside of specific Catholic circles yet. Which just gave priests more time and more coverage until it actually started coming out in a big way a few years ago. It should have started the ball rolling then and there, but ripping up a picture of the pope and saying, "fight the real enemy" without giving context did not help the case.
The Catholic Church is a criminal organization, and I mean what I say. Its high-ranking officials should be on trial.
She was ahead of the curve. Every pope is a bastard including the current, Pope "Molesty-up-cover" Francis.
I was in college and saw her do it live. I thought it was strange, but had no idea what grandiose aftermath there would be.
It's yet another case of religion rejecting one of its own, when they misbehave, even though the very same religion explicitly says to not do so, and provides the examples of its founder and prominent figures showed compassion to the rejected ones.
But, of course, who would actually stop and act according to what he allegedly believes in? Ahahahahaahaa, what a preposterous idea...
I would. But I’m not religious so that doesn’t count I guess.
Just being religious isn’t enough to turn me against someone. Mind you I hate modern Christianity with a passion, but mainly because it is so hypocritical and oppressive. If Christians were actually Christ-like, the way they’re supposed to be (and some actually are, like Jimmy Carter) then I’d have no problem with them.
Pretty sure she converted to Islam in the last decade.
I'm doing some reading on that now. She apparently said she was always a Muslim which... I have no idea how that works.