Below, references and links from the FAQ, in the order they appear in the text.
General
- Official website of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland
- Wikipedia article on the “Actus formalis defectionis ab Ecclesia Catholica” or Declaration of Defection;
- Website of “Les Panthères Roses” [fr], a French Gay and Lesbian pressure group that advocated defections as a way of protesting against the Church’s policy on Homosexuality;
- “No en mi nombre” (Not in my name) [es], an Argentinian campaign to encourage people to defect;
- “Eroa Kirkostaw” (Leave the church), a Finnish website that allows people to defect from the church via the site (online update of official documentation is possible in Finland);
- “Blasphemy Law a Return to Middle Ages – Dawkins”, an Irish Times article of July 13th 2009 that referenced Count Me Out;
- Atheist Ireland, an association of Atheists that aims “to build a rational, ethical and secular society free from superstition and supernaturalism”.
- Catholic.ie, an external URL, not owned by Count Me Out, that is now redirecting to our site (with our permission);
Defecting
- Wikipedia entry on “The Code of Canon Law 1983”;
- Papl edict of March 2006 that describes how to perform an act of defection;
- Wikipedia list of Roman Catholic Dioceses in the United Kingdom;
- A list of parishes for the U.K.;
- A French site explaining how and why you might want to perform a “débaptisation” (they mean a defection, or “apostasie” in French);
- An atheist activist website that describes the process of Defection for a US audience;
- A directory of parishes in the United States;
- An Italian website that describes and provides sample forms for defection;
- An Icelandic website that advocates defection. We would welcome a translation of some of the text, if anyone can provide us with that;
- A section of the Catholic Catechism, that states that it is not possible to be debaptised;
- Wikipedia page describing the recognition of baptisms between the Christian churchs;
- An article about the church’s handling of the case of an abortion performed on a 9yr old rape victim. The church excommunicated all those involved in the procedure;
- A 2007 case study by the Data Protection Commissioner on whether an individual has the right to have their name removed from the Church’s baptismal register;
- Your rights under the Data Protection Acts 1998 and 2003;
- Wikipedia explains what a spambot is;
- A searchable list of all the parishes in Ireland;
- The Data Protection Commissioner explains how to access any of your personal information that an organisation might hold;
- Text of the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004 (PDF)
- “Blasphemy law is silly, dangerous and unjust”, Michael Nugent, Irish Times article of July 10th 2009;
- “Religious orders say they will not renegotiate compensation terms”, The Post article, May 25th 2009;
- The population of Ireland classified by religion, using census data from 1881 to 2006;
Consequences of Defection
- The General Register Office, the body that registers all marriages in the state;
- Guidelines for the Board of Management of schools in Ireland;
- Equality Authority position paper from September 12th of last year;
- Canon Law rules for the selection of a Godparent;
- “Atheists forced to travel out of Donegal for final resting place”, Patsy McGarry, Irish Times article of August 29th 2008;
- The British Humanist Association describes how to organise a humanist funeral;
Church & State
- Bunreacht na hÉireann (The Constitution of Ireland);
- “Church may reduce Education role – Bishops”, RTE report that references the “93%” figure;
- Citizen’s Information describes the makeup and operation of a Board of Management;
- “Eileen Flynn, teacher sacked in 1982, dies”, Genevieve Carberry, Irish Times article of September 11th 2008;
- “DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RELIGION: THEORY AND PRACTICE”, report by Marguerite Bolger prepared for the “European Network against Racism” conference. It discusses the Eileen Flynn case from page 18 onward;
- The forum of Educationposts.ie, a site providing information on employment and job vacancies for Irish teachers;
- Educate Together, a group that operates a number of multi-denominational schools across the country;
- The homepage of The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, known colloquially as “The Ryan Report”;
- “The 18 orders: what they do now”, Alison Healy, Irish Times article of May 30th 2009;
- “Lessons in the Power of the Church”, Fintan o’Toole, Irish Times article of June 6th 2009;
- “Moved to outrage by apathy over child abuse”, Vincent Browne, Irish Times article of June 17th 2009;
- A full list of Educate Together schools in the state;
- “Mater advisory group deferred cancer drug trial”, Irish Times article of 10th October 2005 (subscription required);
- “Mater responds to drug trial controversy”, RTE report of 3rd October 2005;
- Dáil Éireann debate of May 2001 on the use of symphysiotomy procedures in Church-run hospitals;
- “Review sought on childbirth procedure”, Irish Examiner article of June 23rd 2009, on the possibility of a review into the symphysiotomy procedures;
- Seanad debate of May 27th 2009 in which Senator David Norris refers to the incident involving the homophobic bullying posters, and also speaks eloquently on the implications of the Ryan Report;
- BeLonGTo, an organisation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) young people, aged between 14 and 23;
- “‘Breakdown of trust’ led to sacking of school head”, The Independent article from August 2002 on the sacking of Tomás Ó Dulaing;
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