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Tom Humphries: Guilty of child abuse

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    #812
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Mongfinder General wrote: »
    Walrus faced **** will be on the prowl again soon. He should be electronically tagged made and have his phone and online activity monitored.

    Can people not :
    A. Supervise their young teenagers phone activity?
    And
    B. Reassure their kids on a regular basis that no, it’s not normal for Chloe’s dad to text you or message you or Snapchat or in any other way either.
    Or any other adult outside of our own immediate family. And if someone in our own immediate family is being creepy then that’s wrong too. It’s not acceptable.
    Not under any circumstances, never ever and you must come straight to me and I will deal with it immediately?
    Is that too much to ask of parents?


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    #813
    beggars_bush
    Registered Users Posts: 4,546 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    splinter65 wrote: »
    Can people not :
    A. Supervise their young teenagers phone activity?
    And
    B. Reassure their kids on a regular basis that no, it’s not normal for Chloe’s dad to text you or message you or Snapchat or in any other way either.
    Or any other adult outside of our own immediate family. And if someone in our own immediate family is being creepy then that’s wrong too. It’s not acceptable.
    Not under any circumstances, never ever and you must come straight to me and I will deal with it immediately?
    Is that too much to ask of parents?
    Kids are taught that in school in 5th or 6th class


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    #814
    Sonny noggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    Will he back writing for the paper of record upon his release?


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    #815
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Happy4all wrote: »
    Imagine he will live a fairly normal life, as part of his denial. Doubt the young girl doesn't suffer daily with scars.

    He won’t though. He won’t be hired for any thing anywhere by anyone. He’s poison to employers.
    So he’s going to be on SW, he was an extremely well paid journalist enjoying all that comes with it.
    He’s lost his wife and kids.
    He’s got no home.
    People are going to be pointing and whispering every time he’s out in public because he was very well known.
    None of that is normal.


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    #816
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    beggars_bush wrote: »
    Kids are taught that in school in 5th or 6th class

    5 minutes of a civic class when your 11 is no good.
    Parents now have to mount a never ending campaign to prevent the kids ending up sending pictures of their private parts to sick creeps.
    It’s really not difficult.
    That’s the parents job anyway.


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    #817
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 69,156 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Sonny noggs wrote: »
    Will he back writing for the paper of record upon his release?

    Seems he learnt Spanish while in jail...off somewhere Spanish speaking where he will probably be able to ply his trade. Whatever else about him, he had writing talents.


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    #818
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,521 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Let's be clear Tom owns this 100%.


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    #819
    Portsalon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Portsalon


    splinter65 wrote: »
    Can people not :
    A. Supervise their young teenagers phone activity?
    And
    B. Reassure their kids on a regular basis that no, it’s not normal for Chloe’s dad to text you or message you or Snapchat or in any other way either.
    Or any other adult outside of our own immediate family. And if someone in our own immediate family is being creepy then that’s wrong too. It’s not acceptable.
    Not under any circumstances, never ever and you must come straight to me and I will deal with it immediately?
    Is that too much to ask of parents?

    The reports of the case mentioned that he was aware of her vulnerability, which, reading between the lines, suggests that there may have been family problems of which he was aware. Hence parental supervision may have been somewhat sub-optimal.

    That said, I agree with what you wrote.


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    #820
    Portsalon
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Seems he learnt Spanish while in jail...off somewhere Spanish speaking where he will probably be able to ply his trade. Whatever else about him, he had writing talents.

    And Jimmy Saville was a marvellous DJ! :eek:


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    #821
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 69,156 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Portsalon wrote: »
    And Jimmy Saville was a marvellous DJ! :eek:

    Just saying. He has a talent he can market in an environment where people won't know his history.


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    #822
    Portsalon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Portsalon


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Just saying. He has a talent he can market in an environment where people won't know his history.

    His long-running love of the Dubs and hatred of rugger are unlikely to be marketable assets in the Hispanic world! ;)


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    #823
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 69,156 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Portsalon wrote: »
    His long-running love of the Dubs and hatred of rugger are unlikely to be marketable assets in the Hispanic world! ;)

    Environmental influences. Doubt he will have any problem adapting. He was a talented writer.


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    #824
    tigger123
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    He really was an excellent writer, there's no denying it. Pity about the rest of him.


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    #825
    Muahahaha
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    Water John wrote: »
    Let's be clear Tom owns this 100%.

    If he had of done the sex offenders reform course that was offered to him in prison he might at least of showed that he was taking some responsibility.
    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Environmental influences. Doubt he will have any problem adapting. He was a talented writer.

    No newspaper would employ him, here or in Spain. Its not a good look for newspapers to be employing paedophiles whilst also reporting on child sex abuse. He could still write sports under a pen name and by using an intermediary though if found out he'd be dropped. At best I'd say he'll be an english teacher somewhere in Spain or South America


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    #826
    Sonny noggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    If he had of done the sex offenders reform course that was offered to him in prison he might at least of showed that he was taking some responsibility.



    No newspaper would employ him, here or in Spain. Its not a good look for newspapers to be employing paedophiles whilst also reporting on child sex abuse. He could still write sports under a pen name and by using an intermediary though if found out he'd be dropped. At best I'd say he'll be an english teacher somewhere in Spain or South America

    Would need to be a school with no vetting or easy to circumvent vetting.


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    #827
    Portsalon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Portsalon


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Just saying. He has a talent he can market in an environment where people won't know his history.

    Or perhaps he could apply for a job writing Press Releases for Sinn Fein.

    His unique expertise might appeal to some of the ageing head honchos! :D


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    #828
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 69,156 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    If he had of done the sex offenders reform course that was offered to him in prison he might at least of showed that he was taking some responsibility.



    No newspaper would employ him, here or in Spain. Its not a good look for newspapers to be employing paedophiles whilst also reporting on child sex abuse. He could still write sports under a pen name and by using an intermediary though if found out he'd be dropped. At best I'd say he'll be an english teacher somewhere in Spain or South America

    The world of Spanish speakers is much bigger than Spain. He seems to have a plan anyhow.


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    #829
    thecretinhop
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    what a joke of a sentance.


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    #830
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 69,156 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Portsalon wrote: »
    Or perhaps he could apply for a job writing Press Releases for Sinn Fein.

    His unique expertise might appeal to some of the ageing head honchos! :D

    I think, having read him over the years, that Tom's politics would have him closer to the two main parties.


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    #831
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,521 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    If he can write fiction, then he can self publish. Here we are giving career advice to the fecker.
    Electronic tagging should be mandatory on conviction if their is any likelyhood of re-offending, for the safety of children.


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    #832
    TCM
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭TCM


    Red_Wake wrote:
    Will the GAA comment on this? Of course not.


    What's your point. Excuse to get a dig at the GAA. Has Rugby Ireland commented on the current x rugby coach case. No.


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    #833
    the14thwarrior
    Registered Users Posts: 402 ✭✭the14thwarrior


    ya all don't realise this is the only one he got caught for, the only one that could be proven.
    there were other cases.

    what galls me is some people have long suspected and didn't tell other people, even on the sly, even to let people know there were suspicisions, and then he would not have been voted to coach this underage team at county level. because they were undecided given his unorthodox coaching, no pun intended. hang your heads in shame o club in north dublin.

    i'm too close to this case to make any comments, but i believe there were failings from a few people, even when he was arrested, that such a high profile figure could not have done anything. and he would have sued etc. he was a boll**k.

    yeah, the policies are there and everyone knows you should not be alone in a car with a coach, but he picked the right person who had little parental cop on and the rest is history. he didn't try it on with the rest of the girls in the team.


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    #834
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,376 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    the14thwarrior wrote: »
    ya all don't realise this is the only one he got caught for, the only one that could be proven.
    there were other cases.

    yeah, the policies are there and everyone knows you should not be alone in a car with a coach, but he picked the right person who had little parental cop on and the rest is history. he didn't try it on with the rest of the girls in the team.


    Is this not contradictory?


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    #835
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,521 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    No, I presume he knew girls that were not part of the team. You're conclusion is false.


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    #836
    Red_Wake
    Registered Users Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭Red_Wake


    TCM wrote: »
    What's your point. Excuse to get a dig at the GAA. Has Rugby Ireland commented on the current x rugby coach case. No.

    What's this?


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    #837
    the14thwarrior
    Registered Users Posts: 402 ✭✭the14thwarrior


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Is this not contradictory?

    my point was he purposely picked and groomed an easy target.
    people like him do that.
    he's done it before.
    picks the children that he thinks he can get away it.


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    #838
    Portsalon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Portsalon


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    I think, having read him over the years, that Tom's politics would have him closer to the two main parties.



    Nah. Like most IT journos he's a middle-class socialist. A slightly more intelligent version of Eoin O'Broin!


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    #839
    chicorytip
    Registered Users Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭chicorytip


    TCM wrote:
    What's your point. Excuse to get a dig at the GAA. Has Rugby Ireland commented on the current x rugby coach case. No.

    Red_Wake wrote:
    What's this?


    John Mc Clean, 73, ex Terenure College teacher and rugby coach who was facing forty three allegations of sexual assault on four boys at the school during the 1970's and 80's. He has now been sent forward for trial on these charges. He was also director of rugby at U.C.D during the 1990's so was fairly prominent and well known in rugby circles.


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    #840
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users Posts: 11,599 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    He's out in two weeks having served just 2.5 years during which time he refused to engage in a prison program for sex offenders.

    Unbelievable.

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/maeve-sheehan-tom-humphries-will-be-a-free-man-in-two-weeks-but-he-will-always-remain-a-convicted-paedophile-38372454.html

    I'm sure David Walsh or Donal Og Cusack will volunteer to take him under their roof when he's released. :rolleyes:


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    #841
    buckwheat
    Registered Users Posts: 344 ✭✭buckwheat


    Convicted child sex offender Tom Humphries released after 20 months in prison https://jrnl.ie/4768886

    He's out. The prick.


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