Soldier F.

[morqthana]

the Roman Catholic Church discouraged and in some cases threatened to excommunicate Catholics who joined the RUC.

Really?

Excommunication?

Can you quote the relevant part(s) of the 1917 Code of Canon Law which made joining the RUC an offence for which someone could be excommunicated?

Or produce evidence to support your claim?

 

[morqthana]

There was community pressure on Catholic RUC, and sometimes they had to move away from their Catholic neighbourhood.
All and any RUC were targeted, and as 10% of the RUC were Catholics, it would be highly surprising if no Catholic RUC were killed.
319 RUC were killed during the troubles, 44 of them were Catholic. So statistically, there were only slightly more Catholic RUC killed than Protestants.

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/rucs-catholic-recruitment-problem-not-just-down-to-ira-nio-admitted-1001071