Trimble says Orangemen conspired to wreck peace process
28/04/2006 - 07:59:01Former Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has accused elements within the Orange Order leadership of conspiring to damage the peace process.
Speaking at a book launch last night, Mr Trimble, himself an Orangeman, said some unionists had entered a pact with elements in the Orange Order to try and wreck the Good Friday Agreement.
The former UUP leader was launching The Orange Order: A Tradition Betrayed, which was written by long-standing Orangeman Rev Brian Kennaway.
The book claims that the loyalist order has inflicted serious damage on itself by turning a blind eye to paramilitarism and violence in its own ranks.
It says sectarian murderers have escaped expulsion and sash-wearing members have openly attacked the security forces without redress.
