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Madam, – Looking on your map at the locations in Dublin of the child abusing priests (Home News,November 27th), it was hard not to notice they are a virtual roll-call of working-class communities: Ballyfermot, Crumlin, Cabra, Ballybrack, Coolock, East Wall, Ringsend . . . Can someone explain this pattern? – Yours, etc,