Talk:Frank Sheeran

Question

Why aren't links to FreeRepublic allowed? I found a story on FreeRepublic on how blood was found on the floorboards of the house Sheeran said he executed Jimmy Hoffa at (the FBI Crime Lab said it wasn't Hoffa's blood). The site wouldn't allow me to link to it, and I didn't have time to find an alternate source.

Just curious. Is FreeRepublic unreliable?

ThanksShemp Howard, Jr. (talk) 22:40, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

you mean this Free Republic?--john.james (talk) 00:47, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Disputed Allegations

Why is this section called "Disputed Allegations"? None are being disputed here; no contradictory information is included, and no citations given challenging the information. The one evaluation of factuality mentioned here, "While investigators did find traces of blood in the Detroit house where Sheeran confessed he killed Hoffa in, they also determined it may have been too old for conclusive testing.", simply states that, for technical reasons, no determination of fact can be made. Let's remember that the book in question is in the nature of a deathbed confession by a traditional Irish Catholic, who said things that he knew would reflect poorly on him and would cause his beloved family pain. If he had intended to lie, would it not be, rather, in the direction of avoiding responsibility and protecting his family from embarrassment and harm? Back to the point: This can't be called "Disputed Allegations", because no allegations are being disputed here. Heavenlyblue (talk) 23:18, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

A "traditional Irish Catholic" would confess on his deathbed TO A PRIEST. In confidence that his confession would be kept private under millennia-long Papal law. NOT to some sleazy "true crime" writer out to make a buck. Sheeran is clearly a criminal of long-standing. No one would be inclined to take his statements as true before he was on his "deathbed" so why would they be considered "reliable" under these circumstances? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.152.157.50 (talk) 21:18, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

It's ridiculous to take his being a Catholic as evidence that he didn't confess to a journalist, or whatever you wish to call him. He could have confessed to a priest, and we'll never know (not because of "Papal law" - more Catholic doctrine), but that doesn't preclude him confessing to anyone else. The existence of the sacrament of confession makes no difference here.86.31.139.254 (talk) 03:21, 19 February 2020 (UTC)