Talk:Brendan Comiskey

Rape threat allegation

Previously the article contained the following:

Irish journalist Justine McCarthy interviewed Comiskey in his house in 1994. In the course of their conversation, he mentioned what he would do if she were disparaging of him in her article: I will come up to Dublin and I will rape you. McCarthy maintains that he was extremely drunk at the time.

It was then removed from the article by 24.148.5.95: , who mentioned:

Defamation of character. Claim based on hearsay allegation of questionable Irish journalist.

Defamation is the utterance of a false statement that harms the reputation of another. Is there any evidence that the claim was false? For example if Comiskey sued McCarthy, that would provide some evidence that he thought the claim was invented. I have yet to hear any evidence that the claim is false. Nor have I heard any statement from Comiskey denying it.
Hearsay is unverified information heard or received from another or rumor. Again this is not what we are dealing with here. If I said that I heard someone say that they have an unnamed friend who was threatened with rape by Comiskey, that would be hearsay. On the other hand, if McCarthy states that she was threatened with rape, then we have a direct allegation.
In what way is McCarthy questionable? Apart from this particular claim she made, has any of her other work been deemed to be questionable? Do you have any citations?
As it stands now, McCarthy has claimed that Comiskey threatened to rape her. She has made the claim in public. Comiskey has not denied it. The allegation should go back into the article.
Pma jones (talk) 04:36, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

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This bio concerns the former Bishop of Ferns in whose Diocese of Ferns some of the most appalling episodes of sexual abuse perpetrated by Roman Catholic priests on children have been exposed, including all of the 14-year period he was bishop. The Ferns Report, based on an Inquiry covering the 40 years between 1962 and 2002, was established by the Irish Government, to examine these allegations. The Report was published in October 2005 and the material contained in this bio is based on facts and evidence contained in this Report and other commentary already in the public domain. The biogaphy of this individual is therefore of considerable and sustainable public interest Duf 15:39, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

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