"Irish priest Father Michael Mernagh has arrived in Dublin after an eight day "walk of atonement" in reparation for the clerical abuse of children. The Belfast Telegraph reports that Fr Mernagh set out from St Coleman's Cathedral in Cobh on December 29 as part of his initiative to show solidarity with abuse victims."

I must say, this really helped me get over my initial horror and revulsion at the latest news of child abuse by Catholic Church staff. Just knowing that Father Mernagh was plodding along wee wet country roads, gamely encouraged by idiots who had his cell phone number, certainly made me think that he and the Church were really seriously penitent.