The Listowel sex assailant is to appeal his conviction.
Speaking to a friend who is from Listowel over the weekend, some of my suspicions about this case were confirmed.
Without wishing to compromise her anonymity, the girl is from what would be considered a 'rough' area in the town.
Foley is from a GAA family and his brother (I think) played for Kerry.
This is not just small-town. This is a clear and simple class issue, made starker by being played out on a very small stage.
This case stinks.
In other news the revelation that Gerry Adams' brother is a paedophile and his father allegedly abused also is quite shocking. Between this, Listowel and the church scandals that finally seem to be hitting the Church where it hurts - captains resigning rather than footsoldiers - perhaps this is a watershed in this country's relationship with abuse and sexuality and where they intersect.
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