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IS ENNIS THE MOST CORRUPT TOWN IN IRELAND? IS KILALOE THE MOST CORRUPT DIOCESE IN IRELAND?

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Yesterday I received a shocking eight page letter from a group of Ennis residents and parishioners about the level of Church, school and business corruption in Ennus and Kilaloe.

Many names and addresses were given to me in this letter. For obvious reasons, I will proceed cautiously about publishing names and personal details.

The central allegations are as follows:

1. Fintan Monahan is a relatively new bishop and very weak and a couple of hard men senior priests are really running the diocese and Fintan in unable to assert himself.

2. Ger Fitzgerald and Jerry Carey are friends and with others a lot of inappropriate behavious is being covered up.

3. Fintan, senior priests and others have imposed silence on the local newspapers and that’s why the Ger and Jerry scandals have not been properly covered by the Clare newspapers.

4. Journalists and newspapers owners are complicit.

5. Local high profile and well connected lay men are sponsoring Killaloe diocese and are being appointed to church school boards.

6. Ger Fitzgerald is supported by strong Sinn Fein people and many know if his liaisons with several ladies.

7. Jerry Carey has sexual history and not necessarily with girls and this history has been covered up.

8. Parents are afraid to speak out against these matters as they fear their children will be targeted in school.

9. Former bishop Willy Walsh felt powerless against these clerical and lay forces.

10. Parishions think that Ger and Jerry will be foisted on the people of new parishes soon and because of the media black out these parishioners will be unaware of the dangers they present.

128 replies on “IS ENNIS THE MOST CORRUPT TOWN IN IRELAND? IS KILALOE THE MOST CORRUPT DIOCESE IN IRELAND?”

Whilst this is indeed shocking, it is not surprising. Down and Connor could give Ennis a run for its money in terms of which diocese is the most corrupt. Hate to generalise (and this will get the cathbots writing in) but aren’t they all corrupt? The Catholic Church is a corrupt business run by corrupt clerics

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Same old playbook of hush it up and not deal with it.
Thanks to you, Pat, the information is out on the internet. I sympathise with anyone worried that one of these priests may be foisted on somewhere else but there is the info online now.
The internet means they can’t do the old thing of shuffle a sex offender to another country.
I have commented that our parish priest years ago (in England) was a priest of an Irish diocese and I commented that it was suspicious that he was out of his diocese for no good reason such as family or studies.
I got jeered on here but of course then the police came for him so it was obvious why he was so far away.
Without you Jerry would probably still be a school chaplain despite his legal trouble.

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10.25
It is Thanks to this blog and BP good work that the situations were escalated however it is horrendous to get two cases at once.
The faithful and the good clergy do not want people like Ger and Jerry in their parishes so the days of moving people around are well gone.
You may have hit euromillions with your guess with that reprobate of a priest but there are many reason for someone not in their home dioceses and if you read Pat’s blog yesterday he was in many parishes and he is a Good Man.
The head teacher at the school was very annoyed poor Jerry had been found out however he should have been kicked out when the Guards first called.
So Fintan was weak and did not understand Canon Law as both Jerry and Ger should have been suspended.

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The Catholic Church is really just an outfit using Christ as its cover to attain power and money. Clerics preach to the faithful on how they should live their lives whilst in the background they are living the complete opposite of what they preach. This church is rotten to the core. Dioceses throughout Ireland have lied to people, covered up abuse and the torture of unwed mothers and the illegal adoption of babies .Ennis is in the headlines but really it could be any diocese in Ireland. These heretics will stop at nothing to ensure their bandwagon rolls on. Hit them where it hurts. Stop paying in your hard earned money. These clowns don’t need it. They have more money and more assets than we could ever imagine. Ask yourself dear catholic “is my diocese any better than Ennis?” Sadly it is not

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This all sounds horrendous and incredulous. I trust You can validate all accusations and that hearsay isn’t what You rely in. That Sinn Fein thugs should be mentioned is very worrying. That so called influential people are controlling any Diocesan or Parish agendas is unacceptable unless they are voted for by parishioners and are people of integrity. I’m startled at your conclusions – a whole town and Diocese is besmirched by anonymous letters. What’s really going on? Are some people settling scores and seeking revenge? That all seems very divisive and very unacceptable. Many individuals will be very hurt and even ruined by this awful behaviour.

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Excellent Post
Yes the usually all Anonymous and rightly so maybe they are frightened as it is very dramatic taking on the Church and well done to Yvonne Drake.
Yes many trying to sort old scores behind being anonymous but they should come forward and all will be in confidence and action taken.
However I am certain Fintan Monahan has likely passed it all to the Criminal Investigations cyber teams at the Guards.
Many individuals are hurt and continue to be hurt however hopefully it will be sorted with the TRUTH.

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It speaks volumes when respectable parishioners are to afraid to speak out due to their children in schools here and what they are doing to yvonne. that a group of thugs have their hand in everything here, running a shit show of a cover up..it seems the town is not oblivious to whats really been going.
The diocese should be ashamed of themselves.
Weldone to those parishioners.

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Look more into the cover up of inappropriate behavior of Jerry Carey and Michael Collins on the Diocesan Trips to Taize.

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1.36
Could you not sleep.
Why should Bishop Pat waste his time looking into your fantasy or what you think may have happened in your dreams.

Bring your EVIDENCE to Bishop Pat and he certainly take action on it but maybe you should have forty winks.

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Maybe you should stop going through every comment on this blog contradicting them and pretending all is well. Baaaaaaa!

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Killaloe sex offenders are being protected by Fintan Monaghan. The victims of Taize and Lourdes have received no redress scheme as of yet.

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Here is news for you Bishop Pat is a PRIEST first and foremost of long standing 45 years so he is not a Private Investigator.

Bring the proof you have to the National Safeguarding Directorate and it will be investigate however somehow I do not think that is going to happen and also Bishop pat will not get the evidence as it will stop your regular saying and so I am off to see the Wizard.

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5.22
Sex offenders are a matter for the Guards and not Fintan Monahan.
There has been NO contact from any of the alleged victims you say there are.
Fintan Monahan is NEVER going to cover up for offending clergy if there is PROOF.

Do you just copy and paste everyday.

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The redress scheme only pays out if there is victims however there is NO Killaloe sex offenders in Killaloe dioceses operating as the only one Jerry Carey is and is suspended.
Stalker you are doing more damage to the alleged two guys minds supported by Bishop Pat to constantly victimise the people.
If anyone goes under in Killaloe Diocese be it in Ennis or elsewhere then I hope you can both sleep at night.

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The proof is that both Ger and the beach priest are C/O bishop’s house and the beach priest has been convicted. What more proof do you need?

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Lots of priests are c/o bishops house for a variety of reasons some good, some bad, it proves nothing.

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You must have wrote that yourself! Hilarious and also copied and sent to eery Sinn Fein office in Belfast, I’m sure they will be interested

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7.50am

One is having an affair with a bus driver, another married woman is tending to her husband, a couple of others are still volunteering minding their kids and another is being branded mentally ill…..

We still dont know who hes mystery saturday night shag is?

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Its me… and its been me for an awful long time… but its not so exciting how the dog collar is gone… he may not be the best in bed but by GOD he’s superb in other ways 😉😉

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7.50
That is what everyone would like to know where are all Ger’s lovers and if they came out and spoke it would make the canonical trial easier for all.

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Shamus…. him staying as a priest was commitment enough for me as I could be dealing with him full time… he comes gets on his knees to “pray” and then leaves what more does a woman want??

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There are NO allegations of Jerry Carey abusing ANYONE. He pleaded guilty to one count of indecent exposure.

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It was a bit more than indecent exposure! Wanking off in your car in daylight near a popular beach packed with children is somewhat more concerning than a flasher, or someone who gets their todger out for a piss, or a guy who streaks naked across a football pitch.

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7.52
Still a Criminal record and he should be man enough to walk away but no he want to stay and be in the spongers list c/o Westbourne.

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Local business people tend to donate to and assist the schools their children attend or attended. They are usually good at fundraising. What is wrong with this and why is it being presented as a bad thing?

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If members of Sinn Fein support the good work that Fr Ger did in the parish so what?? I don’t see any issue after all Jesus was a socialist.

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@8:04: “I don’t see any issue………” You say! Go to Specsavers.
But if you ARE blind I apologise for this politically incorrect comment.
If you’re NOT blind, …..to the abundant evidence emerging daily about this corrupt RCC institution, ……. well carry on in Cathbotland. No point me talking to the “wall.”

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The suggestion that Fintan or anyone else has targeted schoolchildren is scurrilous. Ger had a liaison with a 33 year old woman, Jerry engaged in solo masturbation in a public place.

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@ 8:06 – listen to yourself ! Ger only had a liaison with a vulnerable woman with whom he had a pastoral relationship; Jerry only masturbated in his car in full public view. Only ?! Well, in my experience these things are usually the tip of the iceberg and they will both have been up to lots more, I assure you. So, they need to be moved on. Who in their right mind would think these men suitable to be priests holding pastoral positions ?

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You are all getting excited about nothing everything is under control.
Ger is getting a nice sun tan at his parents and having a rest.
Yvonne is living life to the full and rejected everything the Diocesan safeguarding and Bishop offered.
So all is looking good for the ex lovers and who knows pat might end up with a wedding in Larne. 🙂

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Fintan took action against Ger and Jerry, Rawhide Purcell is still in place. Who are the weak bishops?

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8.10
You cannot take the Good someone does and Ger did a lot of Good work sadly his emotions got in the way.
Look at the coverage in the media of his good work.
However he is 100% the way he has treated Yvonne drake and made a fool of the parishioners in Ennis group of Parishes.
Yvonne has moved on and her boisterous self and Ger is not coping.

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So, is the only criterion for suitability for ministry whether these guys present some kind of danger to the general public ? Do we not think that trust, integrity, transparency, honesty, keeping your promises / vows, not using others for your own pleasure and ends, not respecting levels of decency in public don’t count at all ? What world do you livei @8:12 ?

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Not the real world. For anyone other than cathbots public masturbation is considered a danger anyway.

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In any other world, walk of life, profession (although I don’t believe clergy have earned the right to be called professionals), the kinds of things that Ger and Jerry have been up to (and that is limited to what we so far know) would automatically and speedily have seen them removed, investigated and disciplined, with a high likelihood that they would have been terminated. What is this not the case in Killaloe ? I think I know the answer: protectionism, cover-up, clerical exceptionalism and plain dishonesty and lack of transparency and lack of truth. What a cesspit.

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8.59
The answer to is why the Catholic Church is not like other establishments well I will say why.
Canon Law is so slow and dated and then Rome passes it back to Bishops conferences and it is just so dated.
Also some Bishops would not admit they are useless at being a Bishop and should have stayed a PP some of Ireland’s Bishops are not even fit to be Vicar Generals.
And they lack even Canon Law as we have seen with Fintan Monahan when he should have suspended Ger and Jerry straight away.
Shocking that the Guards were involved with jerry Carey and Fintan did not suspend him till the outcome at least.

Do not be surprised in four or five years they will still be trying to decide what to do with Ger and Jerry.

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What is happening in Rathgar?

The parish organist leaves after 18 years

The Parish Pastoral Council has been disolved.

A Master of Music and the Dublin Six Consort have been hired.

Sunday 12 noon Mass has been move to 12.15.

Are all of these connected?

Scandal is rife.

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9.23: Can you be specific about your “scandal is rife” accusation re: Rathgar. Think you are being a bitch mischief maker….Spell out your brave truth!!

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11.51
Loads of Mass times will be moved in the Autumn with the amalgamations and closures.
Dermott Farrell has likely closed down the pastoral council as you need Bishops approval so there must have been something wrong.

A new pastoral Council will be erected and Rathgar is not a worrying parish just a gossipmonger above getting his five minutes of fame.

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Pastoral Councils are useless talking shops for retired ladies of the librarian/teacher variety, their henpecked husbands and priest wannabees.

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9.23
I take it you are a lapsed Catholic as you should not be involved in scandal when there is NONE.
Since you are so interested and maybe want the facts and your questioned answered well here we go.

Click to access 6th_June_2021%5B2021-6-6%5D.pdf

You are the typical Church mole with gossip when there is none.

So you will read the Director of music retired, the term of office is up for the Pastoral Council and the mass time change because they has other parishes.

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In fairness what criteria might be applied to determine the most corrupt Diocese anywhere?
Might criteria include; mia, c/o, awol, gone but not forgotten, forgotten but not gone…etc?

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2.17 So very true, useless. The Priest’s ‘yes Brigade’ and he or she that has a strong opinion or voices against the Priesris chased, services unwanted.

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Scandal after scandal after scandal. How long can this institution survive. People are walking away from it in droves. No longer afraid to speak out. Instead of getting their act together they revert to their favourite topic -sending out letters asking for more money. At least Dick Turpin wore a mask

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Who do you think you are kidding, @lbert Kirby, when you think old Daisy's dumb 😇says:

“10. Parishioners think that Ger and Jerry will be foisted on the people of new parishes soon and because of the media black out these parishioners will be unaware of the dangers they present.”
“5. Local high profile and well connected lay men…” 👮 👨‍⚖️ 🤢
“Complicit journalists.” “Media blackouts”, etc. — This all sounds quite familiar, to me! ☹️
—- NOT ON OUR FRIGGING WATCH, EY, BISHOP PAT! ! 😋 x

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How do you judge the health of a diocese?
Mass attendance?
C/O Archbishop House?
Reserve?
Turnover?
Pending litigation?
Convictions for Child Abuse?
Bill for sick and retired clergy?
Closed Churches?
Seminarians?
How would D&C, Killaoe, Derry, Birmingham, Westminster, Leeds, Salford and Westminster fair judged on this criteria?

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Only three. A fourth, Fr. Tim Hopkins has been c/o another address since he accused with no further action taken by the police back in 2012. I guess the allegations must have crushed him.

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Mind your own bloody business like. What goes on in my diocese is nobody’s business but mine and certainly not the bishop of Larne’s. Rest assured I’m still holding out for the white.

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10:54. There will come a time when not only is the door shut but it will be locked permanently when all have deserted the sinking ship that is the Catholic Church. Years and years of abuse,avarice, adulterous behaviour by clerics, misogyny, coverups, pay offs and greed are coming back to haunt that church. Be sure your sins will find you out . “By your fruits are ye known”. How can anyone see Christ approving of these behaviours? Do enlighten me 10:54, Is this the way to follow Christ and try and live the gospel message?

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11.39pm

Twice, because Westminster is so bad – no passion as great than the rush to correct a first draft – a clerical disease if ever there was one!!

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The Killaloe network seemed to directly target Diocesan overseas Trips abroad compared to abusing within the Diocese.

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12.48: Do you actually have facts to validate your claim? Or are you just embellishing on hearsay, gossip and innuendo? If you can state and prive categorically your assertions, then give staristics, real proof and if you believe any abuse has occurred then you are MORALLY bound to bring such to the attention of civil and church authorities. Can you do that or not? Will you? Or, is this mischief making by innuendo? TRUTH is important.

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Truth is important? 🤔 Not to the Romanists it isn’t.👍

Why stick with truth when a lie will serve better?😒

The undeclared motto of the Romanist Church. 😀

(Just sayin’, so a am, like.)

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Pat you have to laugh at these so called Catholics. They have all of them been going to Mass life long yet can’t tell that masturbating in full view of a beach with children on it is both a crime and sexual abuse!
Perhaps they don’t think sex counts if it is by or with a priest. Got it! Now I understand.

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Pope Francis snubs Orban of Hungary because of immigration policy – shame policy didn’t extend to Trump (Build the Wall) or China or Burma where genocide is rather a pressing issue!

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Fraudulent Frank can knock down the big wall around the Vatican and let the immigrants live in the Casa.

Can’t he?

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Anon at 2.20pm

Why do you call him fraudulent frankie? I call him frankie the gaslighter 👀🙈

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I didn’t get a chance to post in the last day or two but just wanted to say Ad Multos Annos +Pat on your anniversary.
As for the people of Ennis they are absolutely correct to seek redress for their legitimate concerns. Unfortunately I don’t think people will ever get fairly treated when the the other party is a cleric. Usually its all just sewn up between themselves with the lay plaintiffs being branded as trouble makers.

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3.30
There is 120K Catholic in Killaloe diocese and Abby Cluster maybe 12 % and here we have a few disgruntled anonymous people people weeping into their sleeves and it is so sad.
They have NEVER contacted Westbourne and they are selective in their anonymous statements to Pat but really they are a drop in the Ocean.
They do not mention the VG or others just Ennis well the only significance part of the dioceses is that is where the Cathedral and some Diocesan Offices are located.
To quote a member of Killaloe Clergy do not get upset about it news today and tomorrows chip shop wrapper.

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3.49 This group of people are being given a voice by +Pat and they certainly are not a drop in the ocean, they see what’s going on in their corner while +Fintan puts on blinkers to the goings on throughout all of Killaloe. As someone said earlier, it’s a cesspit.

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5.08: Magna, your comment is superfluous and is simply a continuum of your distortions of reality. I am indeed a Catholic Priest – Roman – and proudly so: thus my call for TRUTH, however unpalatable. My parents inculcated the primacy of TRUTH in all of us and I emulate their guidance given to me. TRUTH is essential in analysing all moral aberrations and wrongful, criminal behaviour. As Judge Judy would say – “that’s hearsay” and justice is not founded on hearsay, gossip or lies. So: we agree in that principle: TRUTH AND JUSTICE are imperative. Has always been my motto. Wish you could take a lead similarly.

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Today’s blog story doesn’t add up with what my good friends from the area are telling me;
Neither priest was in charge of Ennis Cathedral or St. Joseph’s. The Franciscans then are separate. Cloughleigh has been given a lot of prominence on here which people who are not familiar with the lie of the land might mistakenly do.
The neighbouring rural parish then would have word spreading like wildfire if anything untoward was going on.
The Ennis Electoral Area has no Sinn Féin representation. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil dominate the area along with a hardworking local Independent.
People on the trips to France have spoken very highly of the safeguarding in place. The trips were high in demand. Many students went back year after year. Students who had graduated were more than happy to come on board to aid the strong safeguarding policy.
The local nightclub in the area has the best safeguarding practices for teenage discos. Youths coming from far and wide. Local representatives were onboard with their support. It’s been held up as a positive model for other areas.
The running joke in the local schools was that being a “Clare minor hurler” was the only personality required to attract the opposite gender!
Is mise le meas,
Séamus
PAX

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Both Fr Ger and Fr Jerry were both Co PPs of the cathedral parish if Ennis.
Nobody here mentioned the Franciscans.
Cloughleigh is an area of 8,000 people consisting of the good, the bad and the ugly.
Nobody mentioned Sinn Fein reps, just Sin Fein types.
Seamus, go to Ennis and have a look for yourself.

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Seamus’s comments are frequently unrelated to what has been said. The things he’s talking about here haven’t been mentioned by anyone.

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One was PP of a rural parish and the other of the oratory. Co PPs of the Cathedral is irrelevant. One was there once a year for the Good Friday prayers around the cross service. The other for funerals.
I’m mentioning the Franciscans with the Cathedral and St. Joseph’s. I’m not saying you said the Franciscans. The 3 larger churches in the town mentioned are the Cathedral, St. Joseph’s and the Friary.
“supported by strong Sinn Fein people” Sinn Féin types? Sinn Féin people suggested Sinn Féin people to me. I won’t split hairs over it.
The trouble makers in that town stem from emergency accomodation. A popular 24 hour shop in that town has had to start closing at 11pm due to criminality in recent months. The local council were recently looking for a special Garda taskforce to deal with the problem.

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Bishop Pat no one needs to go to Ennis they just need to read the Bias on your blog and really today has shaken me and I am really surprised you even allowed Seamusviii to have his opinion spoken.
The story does not add up but the readers of the blog love it and I am sure they are missing the News of the World.
In June 2018 Fintan Monahan formed 15 Pastoral area’s and The cathedral was number 5 Abbey so Ger Fitzgerald was a Cathedral Curate for around eight years then he was transferred to Cloughleigh as a Co PP and tom Ryan came from Shannon as VF however Ger is now with his family on leave of absence.
Jerry Carey in 2018 was Co PP in the Abbey Pastoral area but based in Doora and Barefield however he is Suspended and Fintan issued an apology 3rd March.
I understand Jerry is residing in Nenagh awaiting outcome of his canonical trial.
The selective reading today picks on two Good Clergy and two not so good however Cloughleigh is not even a recognised parish it is in the group of four Cathedral, St. Joseph’s, CTK, and the Friary.
Fintan is a First Class Administrator and doing everything very slowly with what FACTS he has and through Canon Law and Civil Law.
However the problem he has is liars and anonymous people so that is why he has been advised NOT to respond.

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7:42, Bishop Pat shared a link to a Joe Duffy recording a few weeks back. The contributors from the town mentioned are consistent with my sources. Please get your facts right before spouting a nonsense comment.

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8.02 You are delusional if you believe Bishop Fintan is doing a good job. He has handled these scandals terribly.

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Rolling story? ROFL.
There’s also such a thing as complete nonsense.
Great craic on the blog today, Pat, it’s like a John Waters film.

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There is no such thing as a co parish priest. It’s some peculiar made up Irish custom and not in accord with canon 517 paragraph 1.

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'Sure everything is alright in Killaloe, sure the priests weren't even in the Catheral or St Josephs'says:

I don’t find you amusing Seamus but by all means have a good laugh at your own jokes. Sounds like you know more about Ennis than you let on. I’d bet you’re a Killaloe priest and likely a pal of Jerry Carey. Your ‘good friends in the area’ are possibly a figment of your imagination as you have all the knowledge at hand.

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Yes I would put money on that as well. He only appeared on here about the time this all kicked off.

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8.01
If you have money put it on Fintan being the next Archbishop of Tuam as he will sail this storm.
Why because he will never walk alone.

Navan Road said Fintan has to be credited for his handling of the few faceless people.

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I’m relatively new to the blog and both welcome and enjoy the discussion – for me Magnas posts are refreshing and interesting and whilst I may not agree with everything he (or any poster for that matter) says I would defend his right to free apiece/freedom of expression.
What interests me is the venom and vitriol he receives given, I am sure, many of his detractors are Roman Catholic clergymen, who, if I am not mistaken, are under an obligation to love their enemies, bless and pray for those who persecute them.
Poor Magna receives no pray or blessing and yet his posts are not rude or crude they just represent another point of view.

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7.37: You are NEW???? Pretty soon you’ll discovered the most vitriol, abusive and nastiest commentary issues forth from said Magna’s delinquent brain.. Don’t be fooled. You should look back to past blogs.. Pat had to ban him for quite some time because of his abusive, hate inciting, ugly narratives.

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7:37: Don’t you understand? There is only one ‘point of view’ : ….the correct one. It’s the property of the RCC.
So other viewpoints are wrong, erroneous, heretical, and must be rejected, ……oh aye, anyone holding other views are to be ridiculed, rejected and scorned.
Simples.
👿🤡👹

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It sounds like Killaloe may need an apostolic visitation, Bp Pat, to assess the situation. Have you thought of that?

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Never laughed so much an Apostolic Visitation.
I am sure through out Killaloe dioceses they have belly aches with laughter today.
Paddy Power Ireland top bookies so Tuam Fintan Monahan Evens and Kieran O’Reilly 2/1or Brendan Leahy 6/1 and Bishop Pat 1000/1
BTW Fintan is working on Diocesan Clergy Appointments for 2021.

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9.03pm

Your post kinda proves my point – perhaps your not conscience of the very thing you accuse Magna of you are guilty of yourself – vitriol, abuse and to be honest a bit nasty.

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7:37: Don’t you understand? There is only one ‘point of view’ : ….the correct one. It’s the property of the RCC.
So other viewpoints are wrong, erroneous, heretical, and must be rejected, ……oh aye, anyone holding other views are to be ridiculed, rejected and scorned.
Simples.
👿🤡👹

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An audit of Diocesean trips to Taize must be undertaken. I’m hearing background noise of shredding of witness statements and intimidation of witnesses by Diocesean Clergy.

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know doubt Richard Purcell would provide Fintan with a safe house in a Benedictine Monastery in mainland Europe. Purcell is intimately close with Fintan.

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