With regard to the issue of the contribution of the religious orders, basically two approaches could be adopted by society and the State. One could adopt the confrontational approach that the religious orders are guilty and should hand over the money. Such an approach would have led to endless legal processes. Some commentators and others are acting not only out of concern for victims but because they enjoy attacking the Roman Catholic Church and its institutions and are not prepared to give them credit for anything and would be quite happy to see the church bankrupted. They see this as a way of trying to sideline the church out of Irish life in ways with which I have little sympathy and could not agree.