NEW YORK/IRELAND
Democrat and Chronicle

Gary Craig, ROC October 10, 2013

Last week Liam Adams, the brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, was convicted in Belfast of raping and sexually assaulting his daughter between 1977 and 1983.

The girl was then between 4 and 9 years old.

The conviction has roiled Northern Ireland, with accusations that Gerry Adams – a driving force in the troubled region’s peace process – was aware of his brother’s crimes and tried to protect him from prosecution.

The conviction has revived an unusual saga in the life of Liam Adams, an episode when, in 1984, he was in hiding in New York City – and sheltered by Father Patrick Moloney at Bonitas House, the home for troubled teens.

The Irish journalist Ed Moloney, who has written extensively about the Irish Republican Army and the so-called “Troubles” in Northern Ireland, was the first to…