Why Did She Do It?
"There were children who were being sexually abused by priests in Ireland or who had been sexually abused by priests in Ireland and the Vatican knew of it but the Vatican were doing nothing to help the families or the survivors of - and in fact were silencing the families. So, I began to discover the lies, you know, and having grown up such a pious child and loved God and loved religion, I was raging that these people were actually turning people away from God."
Watch it Now! 
Sinead Knew: To Stand Against It!
NBC's Censorship and Dishonesty in Re-broadcasting Sinead O'Connor's Protest
Sinead O'Connor discuses bi-polar disorder with Oprah (short segment only)
A Summary of Oprah's interview with Sinead
Sinead O'Connor Demands Pope Step Down (2009; Reuters)
Sinead's 2009 Letter to an Independent British Newspaper
Dear Sir,
On behalf of all Irish artists - though most have kept their mouth shut - I demand the Irish government expel the papal nuncio and recall the Irish ambassador from the Vatican City in order to respect the people of Ireland, who are outraged by the contempt displayed by the Vatican for the suffering endured by survivors of clerical abuse and for the people of Ireland in general.
I demand also the Pope himself stand down for his contemptible silence on the matter and his acts of non cooperation with the (Murphy) enquiry.
Popes have had no problem voicing their opinions when we wanted contraception or divorce. No problem criticising the Da Vinci code. No problem declaring Harry Potter books as evil. No problem criticising Naomi Campbell for wearing a bejeweled cross. Yet when it comes to the evils done by paedophiles dressed as priests they are silent. It is grotesque... unbelievable... bizarre and unprecedented. They stand for nothing now but evil. And our ancestors gave up anything that would have given them a moments joy. Because they believed these liars.
They have brought Catholicism and the idea of God into disrepute. We need to take back the church. Which is OURS. Not theirs. They are not fit to call themselves representatives of Christ. They represent nothing but evil any more.
They never believed that God was watching. And they still act as thought they don't think God is watching. But every one of them will have to meet their maker in the end. Even the Pope himself. And if I were them, I would be very afraid.
I also demand that Brian Cowan step down for his having no testicles in the matter. He has no clue what Irish people want. He should stand down and admit he has behaved in this matter as a coward.
Sincerely,
Sinead O'Connor
Another good quote from Sinead:
"God and religion are two different things, and God is much bigger than religion, in a way. Some religions have this wall around God and that they are the ones that say when God can come out to love someone and they dictate who God can be and to me that's blasphemy, really, because God loves unconditionally and doesn't care if you're gay, for instance."
More music from Sinead:
"If there ever is going to be healing,
there has to be remembering,
and then grieving,
so that then there can be forgiving.
There has to be knowledge,
and understanding."
(from Famine)
