The Cascade December 1st, 1993 Volume 1, Issue 5

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Vol.1 No. 5

"LAST CHAPTER OF BRITISH CONTROL'': FATHER DES

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December 1, 1993

Father Des Wilson speaks with David Thiessen on the Irish situation The following is a short interview taken last week with Father Des Wilson. Fr. Des Wilson was a curate in West Belfast from 1966 1975. He resigned from clerical positions in 1975 because he disagreed with the church authorities position regarding the use of church resources on the poverty stricken situation of Northern Ireland. He helped found an adult education centre, independent of the church and political parties, within the local community, and he works there now. He was awarded the Pax Christi Peace Prize in 1975 and received an honorary award in Peace Studies from Manhattan College in 1976. Last week we were - with special thanks to Ron Dart, very privileged to have him with usat U.C.F.V., and to hear his call for a return to Irish roots: social, political, and religious.

First of all, how has your trip been, and where exactly have you gone? I am pleased with the trip in the sense that while traveling through New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Washington, Seattle, and now Vancouver, the truth about Ireland is finally beginning to seep

Father Des Wilson, frustrated by British control of Ireland, spreads his message throughout North America

out. Human Rights organizations are finally beginning to accurately portray our struggle, and are beginning to understand the immense hurdles we must overcome.

Yet there seems to be a general atmosphere around here that things in Ireland are

considerably better than they used to be. How would you respond to an assertion like that. Well that certainly depends on what is meant by the phrase "used to be". If you go back to the mideighteenth century when we lost 4 million people, literally half our Cont. on Page 3


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