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From: Florence Horsman-Hogan. L.O.V.E
Hi Paddy,
Thanks for your reply. Isn't it funny how the same truth can have 2 sides?
As Nora Wall says "Beware of half-truths, you might get the wrong half". I'm grateful to you for putting LOVE stuff up on your website, unfortunately, as a complete Luddite, I can't access the web. As a working nurse and a mother of 4 children, even if I could afford a computer, I don't have the time to learn how to work it! Maybe someday!
Of course I don't call you a liar Paddy, I know nothing about you, so how could I do that? But do I call the genuine survivors who've contacted me liars because they rail against their pain being belittled by what they call scammers. Do I call the 80 people with L.O.V.E liars when they talk of the suffering caused by false allegations? After all, they've nothing to gain but moral support that's all we can give them. Back to Martin Luther King: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter". And the truth matters Paddy, the full truth yours and theirs.
Florence
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Paddy's Open Letter to Florence Horsman-Hogan - L.O.V.E.
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Hi Paddy,
Are you selective with whom you accord dignity and respect?
The proof I don't know anything about you shows in the fact I foolishly assumed from what I'd heard of your website you were capable of taking all sides on board. I won't make the same mistake again. Now Mr Doyle - a few facts for you.
1. You're not the only person to have suffered abuse but some of us actually manage not to let it poison us to other people's reality.
2. Don't put words into my mouth. I've no notion of belittling your experiences with clichés. L.O.V.E deny no-ones truth we simply ask that the full truth be allowed to come out. I have always used the statement we fully accept that abuse did happen, yet for some reason perfectly intelligent people in other areas of life seem incapable of openly admitting there are false allegations being made.
3. I have heard of the God Squad, I just haven't read it yet. I did read "Fear of the Collar" about Artane, which I found brilliantly written.
4. Sorry if you're offended by my trumpeting the fact I'm a mother and a nurse. I'll be happy to keep it secret from now on. Could it be because for so long I was alone and nothing, now I'm part of the human race and proud of it!
5. Spoke to Nora Wall she sends her regards!
6. No! I'm not able to get around the LOVE website or any other but I'm not ashamed of it I have someone who set up the site for me and sends and receives my emails.
7. Why you feel patronised about letting the full truth out is beyond me. Yes! Of course we have to have the word "dignity" and "respect" in our vocabulary. The dignity of being called a "paedophile bastard", the respect of losing your job and friends because of the allegations.
8. I find it interesting that you put up Mr Connors letter; you put up Patsy's reply. Yet you can't put up our praise of Patsy on your site.
9. I thought you might benefit by dialogue Paddy. I've learnt a lot from the survivor's but maybe not. Put whatever you like on your site, if you're doing it with the genuine objective of helping people towards healing I've no objections.
FHH
