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>After dialogue with editors and/or journalists the >below letter was effectively blocked by prominent >Civil Rights veterans, even though many Hibs and CR >Vets know its contents to be 100% correct. Let your >Watchers decide for themselves in whose interests this >letter was blocked, certainly not in the interests of >those O'D family members, including a then 95-year old >who addressed the conference, and organised local >accommodation for visitors, some from the UK and USA. >Shame, Shame on the AoH, at home and abroad!!! > > >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >% >A Chara, > >A few moths ago, at a well attended weekly >members-only meeting, the former AoH president claimed >that he did not impose a ban on civil rights veterans. >Strange, only one voice challenged him on that issue. >That person, a civil rights veteran, was >“in-the-dock”, but his appeal for justice, I’ve >learnt, seems to have fallen on totally deaf ears. Was >this a Kangaroo Court? I and several others have been >asking ourselves this question over recent days. It >would seem so. No one at the top table broke ranks and >there was was no other critical voice raised. All, >apparently, accepted the last president’s word as >gospel, or should that be Papal Bull. > >Caught in the rain, a few weeks ago, I went into a >library determined to sort out the facts from the >fictions. I shared what I unearthed with several >friends, including members of the AoH. They all felt >that I should write to the local papers fearing that >if I did speak up at a future meeting I too might be >accused of bringing the Order into disrepute and be >banned from its premises. That surely is a sorry state >of affairs within a supposedly Catholic/Nationalist >organisation that should be upholding its proud motto: >Brotherhood, Truth and True Christian Charity. > >The Derry Journal of Tuesday 4th March, page 3, quotes >the last president: “They will never use this hall >again”. The Derry News two days later, page 15 >reported: “[stating his name] reiterated his >determination that the civil rights veterans would not >be allowed to use the hall again.” > >I feel angry because I don’t like being misled. I feel >no member of the AoH or the general public should also >be misled. Successive management committees have let >this controversy fester for almost four years now. >There’s an old saying, ‘Justice delayed, is justice >denied’, but there’s another one that comes to mind, >“The truth will out in the end”. > >Your astute readers will understand why I am >withholding my name. If the current management >committee think they can continue to bury their heads >in the sand, then it is they who are bringing the >Order into disrepute. If they do not act in the manner >expected of them, no doubt other readers, even better >informed than myself, may have a lot more to say in >the days ahead. > >Let Justice be done, and be seen to be done! > >Who’s Civil? >Who’s Right? > >Name and address supplied > >n.b. > >THIS LETTER, AS POINTED OUT, NEVER APPEARED IN THE >LOCAL PAPERS TO WHICH IT WAS E-MAILED. > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >----

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