an open letter to archbishop diarmuid martin

Dear Archy.

An interesting book has come to my attention and I recommend you read it.

It is called Spies In The Vatican: The Soviet Union's Cold War Against The Catholic Church.

The book was written by John Koehler.

It claims that the Soviet Union's campaign of infiltration against the Catholic Church was stepped up after the election of John Paul The Second to the Papacy.

It claims that priests destined to undermine the Church from within were trained at a special school in the Ukraine.

It claims that things got so bad that the Vatican engaged its own spy catcher in the form of Jesuit Father Robert Graham.

Any of this sound familiar to you Archy?

If it's all a little vague, you should ask your brother Seamus to give you some historical context.

That is to say you should ask Seamus Martin the atheistic pro Soviet former political editor of the Irish Times.

No one gets away with it forever Archy.

James Healy