Sir, - As a man I found Dr Desmond Connell's speech grossly insulting. He has dishonoured Irish men, Irish women and the Church.
Again the Catholic Hierarchy has no problem displaying its heinous ambivalence from on high, despite the profusion of sex scandals and abuse cases over recent years. Archbishop McQuaid may be long dead; unfortunately, his legacy lives on. - Yours, etc., David P. Jameson,
York Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.