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AND NOW OVER TO BISHOP TOAL IN MOTHERWELL AND SCOTLAND.

THIS IS A REDACTED VERSION OF A LETTER SENT TO BISHOP TOAL AND PATRICIA MC KEEVER FROM CTS

Bishop Pat, here is a rather sketchy history of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx0

When Xxxxxxxxxxx was an applicant he befriended his fellow LGBT applicants: the now Rev Fr Xxxxxxxxx one host of Daisy Chain dinners; Mr Xxxxxxx, brother of Fr Xxxx and now a teacher who attended Graduation Mass in St Columbkilles, Rutherglen & Mr Xxxxxxx, the alcoholic Primary School Teacher whose career was saved by Fr Xxxxxxxxx who got him a job in his parish school where they tried to start a boys choir. Each of this quartet have been lovers of each other at one point and indulged in orgies and all attend the Daisy Chain dinner hosted by Fr Xxxxxxxxx They all frequent gay bars together in Glesgay, Rome and Spain. Ask Evan Macnamara.​

As a xxxxxxx for Motherwell he was sent to The Scots College in Rome. There he entered into a relationship with an Edinburgh student by the name of Xxxxx Xxxxx. When Xxxxx wanted out Xxxxxxxxxxx would not allow it. Xxxxx was so afraid he left the seminary and fled to Xxxxxxxxx  Xxxxx approached Bishop Toal recently before Xxxxxxxx  was accepted back but the bishop dismissed Xxxxx’s allegations, otherwise he’d have to have called the police if you get what I mean!?​

After Xxxxxx departed Xxxxxxxxxx then entered into a very open, violent and noisy nocturnal sexual relationship with the now Fr Xxxxxxxxx referred to above. Fr Xxxxxxxx, who has a terrible drink problem, has been banned from driving and carried out drunk from gay bars in Glasgow on numerous occasions. This was reported to Archbishop Tartaglia but he ignored it.​

Then along came the now Fr Xxxxxx tall, with nice salo skin, eyes like Princess Diana our Xxxxxxxxx couldn’t resist him. Xxxxxxx courted and loved the attention but then couldn’t bare it any more. A leading light in The Faith Movement he was named in this blog as Fr Xxxxxxx  bit of stuff and that he is.​

Through parish placements, friendships with different priests and visitors to The Scots College our Xxxxxxxxxx then engaged in a ménage-a-trios with Xxxx Xxxxxx  xxxxxxxxxx of the Archdiocese of Glasgow and his long term lover, Fr Xxxxxx one time xxxxxxxxxx of Paisley. Bishop Keenan got rid of him as there was only one gay in the Curia village. Xxxxxxxxx also engaged in a sexual relationship with Fr Xxxx These three deviants then initiated Xxxxxxxxxxx into their​ ​ Daisy Chain group. This all happened whilst Xxxxxxxxxx was a seminarian known to be cruising in Burghese Gardens and the gay bars of Rome. He was outed by your dear friend one Mrs Patricia McKeever and dismissed from Rome.​

After returning to Glasgow Xxxxxxxxxx initially was given “rent” free lodgings in the presbytery of St Xxxxxx with the​  Parish Priest, Fr Paul Xxxxxx – yes him again. Xxxxxxxxxx was then introduced by his friend Mr Xxxxxxx named above to Fr Xxxx Xxxxxxx the long term lover of the Late Michael McCoy, Canon of Newcastle who hung himself this year. Xxxxxxxxxx was quite literally and physically torn between the vultures of two Monsignori Daisy Chain groups.

On his return to Glesgay our Xxxxxxxxx began studying at the University of Glasgow where he quickly become bosom buddies of Fr Xxxxxx and his assistant The Good Dr Xxxxxx Just before his Silver Jubilee Xxxxxx left the priesthood to set up home with his now husband. Together Xxxxxx and his husband attended Xxxxxxxxxxx Diaconate in Oscott.

During lockdown young Xxxxxxxxx was sent to live with one Fr Xxxxand 2 young priests who were in fear of him. Such was their fear and Xxxxxxxxxx predatory behaviour that both young priests reported it to bishop Toal and he moved the 2 priests.​

As a Deacon our Xxxxxxxxx was sent on placement to Fr Xxxxxx for whom he was an Altar Boy in Cambuslang where the PP was Scotland’s first openly gay priest the late Fr John Breslin. Deacon Xxxxxxxxx and Fr Xxxxxxx left East Kilbride and journeyed down to Oscott together stopping on the way for an overnight!!! Very soon Deacon​ ​ Xxxxxxxxx would bring down his dear friend Mgr Tommy after only months in the job as Scottish SD in Oscott.​

Priests advised Bishop Toal not to take him back; they’re angry, they won’t attend his ordination to priesthood. Most of them refused to allow him to go on placement as a student or deacon and most will do the same if he’s ordained. Rumour has it Fr Bernard Pug Face Mourninan is preparing rooms in Rutherglen for his new curate Fr Xxxxxxxxx next summer.

He’s a safeguarding concern. He’s a danger to young men. He must be stopped for his own sake, for the sake of the church, the priesthood and for the people of god; he’s a scandal waiting to burst. He must be stopped. We are genuinely

NOTE FROM SOTTISH PRIEST

GLASGOW TERNA

Bishop Pat,


The Terna for Glasgow is in Rome according to the Nuncio.


On 13th of January it’ll be a year since useless Tartaglia thankfully was removed by our gracious God.


On the Terna are 1) William Nolan;

2) Brian McGhee

3) John Keenan.

Heaven help us with these three: 1) is ice cold and heartless; 2) is as thick as they come and 3) well you know all about him.


None of them have what is required to take our parishes forward.

I ask your readers to pray for Glasgow. We’re doomed.

223 replies on “AND NOW OVER TO BISHOP TOAL IN MOTHERWELL AND SCOTLAND.”

God be with Hello Magazine where you have photos to go with names. In this particular blog you don’t even have names. I’m dizzy after reading it and don’t know who anyone is.

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On behalf of all my monastic confreres we are very glad your attention has shifted to the secular clergy.

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The gay formations at Oscott will let him wheeze through. It makes you sick to the core: dirty Animals, the lot of them.

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Ahhh, it’s the Scots candidate at Oscott that this is all about ?! Nothing new there. His name has appeared here before. And he’s still in the fold.

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Toal – Never stray from the path, never eat a windfall apple and never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle.

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+Toal looks like a corrupt bishop from central casting. Given the stuff with Fr Despard, it’s a case of doing what it says on the tin.
Would it have hurt to have named a few names? I’m sure a few here could fill in the blanks.

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Pat,
Behind the scenes there’s a campaign and lobby to stop Keenan. He is alleged to have been courting influential and prominent catholics to promote his name. But there’s talk now that there’s an equally strong constituency now who don’t want him.
I’m sure that his sudden retreat from engaging with you Pat will not have served him well. I and many others had a great laugh.

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“I’m sure that his sudden retreat from engaging with you Pat will not have served him well.”
+Pat stood against him
Proud bishop’s Daisy Chain Army
And sent him homeward tae think again! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶
Pax.

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Well Fr Gordon McKinstry is not in Daisy Chain NI but one priest has confided in him about it and I think he owes it to himself and colleagues to expose this group

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I have been following your blog for quite awhile and as an ex-Catholic who grew up in the Church I’ll never go back to participate in this travesty after perusing the stories you’ve posted. No one should ever give another penny to this farcical group of criminals and the faithful should flee to save their children and young men. This is not God’s church, it’s a cabal of unholy goons they falsely call Bishop or Father or Pope. (Be ware! They will also steal land right from under the will and testament of good parishioners.)

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So, I take it this rather long and unclear report is about a particular seminarian / deacon who is due to be ordained, but about whom there seems to be a litany of concerns, particularly about his liaison with a homosexual / gay / sexually active clerical clique, as well as concerns about his suitability in respect of safeguarding ? In addition, there is a stubborn, arrogant and unbending bishop who is not willing to be told anything he doesn’t want to hear, or to act on it. In fact, it sounds to me that this bishop (Toal ?) will do exactly the opposite of what he should do just to prove the point that he is in charge ? Have I got it right ?

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Yes I agree the shambles of the RCC here, and to think Sinn Fein IRA based their war in our Churches name

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@1:05. Really?
I agree with the RCC shambles comment. But your attribution about Sinn Fein or the IRA doesn’t feature in any of the historical narrative I’ve read. Perhaps you could enlighten me.
Thank you

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@1:05: I’m still waiting for your enlightened words. But if you’ve now realised just how ill informed and misplaced your comment was, kindly say so.

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I take it this guy will be named in the future if he gets to ordination, like Alex Baldachino was.
I’ve got the pop corn in.

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Don’t leave this blog today without telling the the people of Scotland about the current state of their so called faithful priests and bishops,this is an opportunity to lance the boil.

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The people of Scotland do not care about the shenanigans of this weird bunch, all they want is battered Mars bars and Harry Ramsdens fish and chips

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Ay think you’ll find the Scots are more interested in the Kirk. Except the adherents of the English church.

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A scandal waiting to burst? It would be impossible to top the scandal of KOB in Scotland. Anything else pales into insignificance.

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8.12am
Mario Conti was fond of a red jumper( sweater that is). That doctorate in Aberdeen……anyone ever read it ? Lol Lol

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Pat, could you please refer to those in this blog by a letter rather than an load of x’s? It would be much easier to read and to grasp the jist of the blog if you wrote about A, B, C, etc. In truth, it’s very difficult to stay with the blog due to how confusing it is.

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@8:31. I agree.
As for the comments: there have been numerous suggestions for commentators to adopt a pseudonym to enable follow ups to their comment. That a considerable number don’t bother perhaps indicates their intellectual limitations and/or a mixture of arrogance, carelessness and thoughtlessness.
But then, their contents regularly display many of these characteristics.

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Dungannon Danny, I would like your comment but that would mean signing up for WordPress, so consider this a like.

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Thank you Brendan. I too had thoughts of “liking” comments but like you refused to “sign up”. Your ‘liking comment’ is an option I’d not thought of. Thanks again.

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8.34am
Maybe an overlap with Marino Franchi ? Lol…….now he was a Looker……and very pedagogical at the cusp of a maturing society…..

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Why did Conti not get it when O Brien did ?.. ” I am Winning..” is how he used to introduce himself.

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Dear Bishop Pat
The key players you refer to surely know you are on to them. Several of them visited Rome 4 weeks ago for a special celebration and there was Facebook silence. Glasgow, Paisley and Motherwell are all in a mess now and the Bishops must be worried that if you print the their names they will end up leaving. That would lead to chaos as there is already a massive shortage. I am presuming you will write to Rome and the Nuncio about said allegations and post your letters on here? The Bishops of Scotland and the Administrator of Glasgow will no doubt call another crisis meeting about this blog. Pray for all involved.
PS I didn’t know that ex Fr Bollan had married his long standing partner. Good on him. He’s lost a lot of weight and look 10 years young than 52. I hope he is happy. He deserves to be and is such a nice man.

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Why is John O’Connors behaviour being covered up by Lisbreen and he is being protected by Bishop Treanor? If any of the rest of us behaved like he did we would be hung out to the wolves.

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Can Oscott afford another scandal after the recent one involving Fr Matthew Jolly – who should be out of prison now?

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What ongoing obligations will McMahon and Liverpool have to him ? Has he been laicised ? Perhaps his Oscott mates will rally round ?

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Dioceses usually send envoys whilst there are still inside to “encourage” them to voluntarily petition for loss of the clerical state and dispensation from celibacy. I am sure Liverpool cut a deal for short term financial assistance to get him off the books. Has the old nonce and canon lawyer Tom Woods of Liverpool been dismissed?

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Money loving priest Colm McBride announced in mass that he will be leaving St Joseph’s in Crumlin next month and is going to St Teresa’s in west Belfast. I imagine it’s so a collection can be arranged for him in timely fashion but have you heard who is replacing him?

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Soon, very soon, all these close to home issues will be a thing of the past, because the clerics in the dioceses and parishes will not be indigenous, homegrown, priests but priest imported from India, Africa and The Philippines. In my diocese, looking at the diocesan directory of priests, the majority – yes, majority – have names that come from those parts. It is a fact of life. The usual glee making, tit squealing, sexual shenanigans of the home grown variety will give way to misbehaving of a different character. Such as financial, family involvement as brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, cousins of the priest begin to populate the parish staff, and generally a family business evolving. That is the future. These are the only men who are coming forward for priesthood in their own countries, where a clerical career is a path to education, advancement and servicing the family obligations. It won’t be as much fun, so let’s enjoy ourselves as long as we can with our home grown clergy misdemeanours and peccadillos.

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I was fascinated recently to read on here how Ireland chose the thick ones for export to England. I’d call it well deserved.

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Good points we’ll made @ 10:58.
I particularly agree with your analysis of the practice of purveying religious gobbledygook as a career option. It’s an easy cushy lifestyle with comparatively few demands in relation to other forms of employment. And the rewards, status, power and financial “sidelines” (untaxed backhanders) are considerable, particularly when there is little effective oversight other than weak, insipid, largely disinterested episcopal cronies.
The whole RCC farrago is indeed a ridiculous sham based on false grounds and capitalising on human insecurities.

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Help. Bishop Toal reminds me of Michael Browne when he was Bishop of Galway, he who steered the cathedral to completion, often referred to at the time as the Taj Michael. The + before his name was said to be cross Michael as opposed to Bishop Michael.

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I was in Galway cathedral many years ago saying a quiet prayer when the place was near enough empty.
Lo and behold my prayers were interrupted by the sound of a cash register via the gift shop.
Another reason I’m now ex Catholic.

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12.18: Scary and not nice or aesthetic??? Have you looked carefully in the mirror…? My God…pot…kettle…black! You are all ignorantly crazy.

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As an Irish Scot ex Catholic who lived in this area I can tell you that there are even far more diabolical goings on in the Motherwell and Glasgow areas.
As diabolical as it gets. A diabolical network who love to perform ‘ceremonies’ in local Woodlands on certain dates and always in the dark!

I had blood smeared on my door and decapitated animals left in my garden as a result of confronting these monsters.

As I didn’t heed their warnings 3 attempts on my life ensued in short succession.

Some will call me a fantasist but I’m a realist. I would never post untruths this diabolical unless they were true.

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There appears to be an aura of unspoken, a whiff or is it a stench of sexual scandal around the post of Spiritual Director at Oscott.
Of the gay variety, of course and makes one wonder about past and present Oscott staff and Rectors – what they know, what they facilitated or turned a blind eye to and who was compromised by their own peccadilloes and preferences.
When I think of Oscott I think of a current of repressed and unspoken homosexuality with some flamboyantly so (Kevin McDonald who ironically always played the female parts in college dramas), Sam Penney, Matthew Jollie and Bede Walsh and a host of the weird, wonderful and positivity on the repressed, frustrated and ever so slightly dangerous spectrum.
Other mysteries are:
Mark Crisp
Eddie Clare
Richard Walker
Marcus Stock
David Oakley
Pat McKinney
Judith Champ (oh what secrets she must hold)
Caroline Farey (mad as a box of frogs)
Creepy librarians
Philip Pargeter (he knows everything I reckon)
Rich pickings for a talented screenwriter or author to expose the dark secrets of Oscott!!

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+ Pargeter lived opposite the College, and seminarians visited to gossip over a cup of tea and a slice of fruit cake served up by his nuns. Pargeter’s nephew, a friend of Dorothy, was briefly a seminarian at the college in the early 1990s but didn’t persevere.

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Is that Keenan aka Betty Turpin and Neeson as is in cathedral administrator or are we just confused

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It won’t bother Bishop Toal; he has probably heard it all in his time. Patricia will be in overdrive at CTS, though, joining up the dots and including it in her next “newsletter”.

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There is as much evidence to suggest that alcoholism isn’t a disease.

Having lived with an alcoholic for over 20 years, I believe alcoholism is as much about moral weakness of character as it is about addiction.

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Oh 3:55, your personal opinion has convinced the entire psychiatric community they are wrong and they must be grateful to you. Obviously rather than the empirical scientific method in future, following your example, all medical research will instead be carried out using the Insane People of Facebook method.

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I will say this much – a lot of brainwashed individuals on this blog will tell you “The daisychain in NI” does not exist. I can assure you, it exists and is not limited to any area. I is six county wide. You have every right to believe me or to not believe me. That’s your decision.

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“Broke free”… Do elaborate. Although I think my radar has picked this one up. It is good to see someone else is on the trail.

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Yes – broke free – an interesting choice of words for this character 😂 where to I wonder 😂😂 not far enough in any case 👌

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1:55
‘I have information of 3 of them but Pat never allows me to publish them’
Don’t be silly. If you have actual proof send it to Pat by email. He is very experienced in knowing what evidence will be needed to publish and because he has many sources usually names come up repeatedly.
I am sure he will protect your identity but if you’re that bothered you could create a ‘burner’ email address so he can contact you about it.

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Broke free as in found a different lover that is not Clergy and does not want to be part of daisy chain NI but he will not expose his ex lovers

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Well if you knew the truth out west that’s common 🙂 I’m now wondering if I’m onto another cleric, west of the Bann?

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It is beyond doubt that in 2022 the mission for this blog should be to look in Northern Ireland for areas of improvement, to put it mildly. It is time to highlight what the people should know. An end must come to hiding and cover-up. I am fairly new to this blog, and self-admittedly have become a likewarm Catholic. I feel a real time to call the wrongdoers out is coming, no matter where or who they are, or indeed the influence they hold.
My prayer for 2022 is that the people take stock of what is happening/has happened here in Northern Ireland. Bishop Pat I feel you are one of the only people who will put your head above the parapet.
Let’s make 2022 a year of change for the better. When all is known, let the people make their minds up.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for what is right; they will be satisfied.

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1.41: A very noble aspiration. Include yourself though in the need for personal renewal and discern your place in the building if your parish – if you are truly interested. Or are you all huff and puff…like so many critics?

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Point taken, but I would add, the parish is a component of the problem. Always start from grassroots up.

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This comment is interesting indeed. In Ireland it is often the problem solvers who were punished. I suggest the problem makers re-discern. I think your comments toward the original post say a great deal about misplaced loyalties…

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I sense that this blog today is taking a slight turn towards home, as in the North of Ireland.
This is a wonderful thing to see as too much slips through the net here. With this blog owner’s permission I am looking forward to seeing how in the months ahead, the untouchables of Northern Ireland are indeed, as a previous post terms, “called out”.

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Yes the motto for next year should be ‘call them out’. Pay you should run a blog piece one day named call them out so people can throw on to the blog any suspicions or concerns they have about any clergy

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I do not accept one word of the apparent leak about the Glasgow appointment. It is tommy rot, pure fantasy and a wholly wrong attempt to spread harmful rumour. In time, the Holy Father will receive names and make his decision. Be at peace until his decision is made and we know about his intentions for the future of the archdiocese. Why, I ask, is there such a lack of trust about the candidates for this appointment? Rest your minds and wait to receive news from Rome. That is the appropriate disposition for this and every other episcopal appointment. Yes, trust and you will receive the right man for the position. Et parere habeat fiduciam

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On this occasion I will say that Bishop Pat’s work is admirable. I agree with exposing corruption, double standards and trying to put wrong under the spotlight. I’m only sorry you don’t. Maybe you could work on that in the New Year.

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3:11 Did you bother reading what the post today is about? It’s only breaking them down if you think rampant promiscuity among the presbyterate is acceptable, which you obviously do.
In which case the faithful will not hesitate to break you down.

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The wonderful county of Tyrone rarely gets a mention on this blog, Pat. Could we remedy this in the New Year please? No doubt there’s a lot going on down here 😉

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Thank you Bishop Pat. It is time for a serious case study on the north and it’s main characters. Happy New Year to you and yours.

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You’re half right. You seem very cynical today. Have you a grudge with people from Tyrone, or those called Sammy? Either way your “do not believe all you read” comment is tantamount to the “brush it under the carpet” approach which did considerably damage over a long time. You should stop, reflect and consider that what you say might be wrong sometimes. I hope the New Year bring you better foresight, and a little more intellectual capability. I always love to see proof of assertions. I have no doubts about mine. How about you?

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Glasgow Appointment @ 3-05
Of course we will get the right man for the job. Just like Edinburgh got KO’B and Argyll and the Isles got Roddy Wright.
Silly you!

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glasgow appointment 3.05 – Or the right ones we have at the mo? Not a leader or a creative thought among them ,,,,

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This comment is not true and detriment to the work alcoholics and recovering ones go through. I have been to rehab twice and once there was a Priest. Speculation and shaming alcoholics is a disgrace and you should all be ashamed of yourselves

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You can always rely on Seamus for a comment which is either calculated to be incendiary or so stupid as to be incredible.

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Well now you’ve discovered the phrase ad hominem exists perhaps you can get someone to explain it to you so you can have a go at using it properly.

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5:35 I commented here previously that I don’t think Seamus is Irish. I continue to think he is some English racist acting out a caricature of the way they see the Irish.

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I’m a recovering chronic alcoholic. Alcoholism is a disease – of mind, body & spirit.
I was released from my grotesque addiction in late 1998 through intense prayer and 25 years later I still rely on prayer to keep me alcohol free.
I was given 3 days to live in 1998 such was the extent of my disease. Will power is a totally ignorant and blinkered stance to take.

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Happy new year our Pat lets hope there’s plenty more scandal about in 2022 starting with the priest who cross dresses in Tyrone

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From what I hear, he is the lesser problem in that county. No one is willing, it appears, to stand up against the notorious. But I’m sure given time, this will change.

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Good grief…do declare…perhaps we have something in common afterall… give a clue as to this individual?

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Tyrone will be the focus of next years scandal I guarantee you Pat, the shenanigans of this Diocese will make other revelations look trivial.

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As someone from Tyrone, I am glad to hear that this overlooked area will be looked at. This blog appears to be the only forum to grab the bull by the horns. What is going on in this diocese? Are things being ‘overlooked’? We cannot stand by, as people seem unaware of bad behaviour from several individuals. It will not be tolerated. I hope I have support in this.

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Pat, I am pretty sure, has his finger on the pulse as far as Tyrone is concerned. He knows exactly what is happening there and those involved.

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And which Diocese would that be as Tyrone falls into 3 – Derry, Armagh and Clogher?

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I know 2 priests that are on Grindr. I have met one a few times, nice man but sexually hasn’t a clue what the hell he was doing

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Are you claiming you know a few also? All you need to do is turn on your Grindr beside a presbytery house and you are near sure that one of the first 10 profiles will be a priest

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A few? I’m not sure if the same individual is in both our minds, but one stands head and shoulders above the rest 😄 his professional buddies are also substandard 🙈

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10:58 – you are to be congratulated on your spot on analysis of what is going on in the “extended family business” that is the lifeblood of our parishes in recent decades. Shame they don’t realise they have become so easy to identify because there’s very few apart from only themselves left in the pews. It’s not always just the ordained clergy that drive the public away from attending mass regularly…. Not only do the clergy need to practice what they preach – they should also remember the saying to quote me Granny “lie with dogs & u catch fleas”. It’s very arrogant of them to think there should be separate privileged laws for them & their cronies.

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Bishop Pat, in the new year, please keep hammering away at Kirby, Deenihan, & Silverstream. I know individuals who have been very hurt by this scandalous community. It’s a blight on the Church in Ireland and around the world.

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It’s good for Bishop Pat to hold a few aces up his sleeve. Kirby’s long and wild career outside of the cloister is fairly notorious in certain clerical and religious circles in more than one country.

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Certainly I would urge you Bishop Pat, to pay special attention to the diocese in question. You have before identified issues with it, and there is always more lurking in the darkness. The level of disgrace which has gone unnoticed is nothing short of collosal. I pray that you, as one of the few with principles and you associates on this blog, uncover the individuals, their associates and their game. Society will, in these parts be changed considerably.
The nearer the altar the farther from grace.

There is a great deal to mull over, and a lot to consider. The people of this particular diocese have been taken for mugs. But of course, reputation, power and favours are everything!

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It is too hard to obtain evidence of a daisy chain as it requires members to speak out and thats the reason why they have been created in the first place – anonymity – they are all consenting adults so let them be

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2021 has been a vintage year for Bishop Pat, two abbots and a prior dethroned plus the spectacle of others forced to dance to his tune, or else. Hopefully, God willing, he will add a bishop to his list of achievements in the coming year.

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😂 An interesting comment indeed. Which diocese though? Northern Ireland provides much subject matter.

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Bishop Duffy will feature heavily on your blog next year Pat, the disgraceful behaviour of his Priests will send shockwaves through the community

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The comments above about parishioners being part of the problem are spot on. If you give money to an organization which is a byword for abuse and corruption you are contributing to the corruption.

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Thank you. I appreciate your level-headedness in a world of increasing hilarity and hypocrisy. The best way to remedy the problem is for the people to shut the wallets and purse strings. Christ did not walk the streets in fancy robes nor did he celebrate the foundation of the Mass – the Last Supper – on a white marble altar guilded with gold with chalices made of the ornate.
What we have is a system in need of overhaul. There is no justification for corruption.

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Christ didn’t walk the streets in fine robes, nor feed the apostles from a marble alter.
He also never compromised. Not once. He never wavered when he was mocked, defiled and tortured. He did not come down from the cross when taunted, and he did not break his promises.
The church Christ founded is not one of compromise or meeting in the middle. He is the way, the truth and the life. Those who choose not to revere him, as many of the clergy, but rather man, in the name of finance and capitalism cannot be compromised with.

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Those clerics in Scotland are a disgrace. All types of kinky goings on. Isn’t it well I joined a sedate monastic community here in Roscrea, where the only excitement in the past 120 years in the refectory being painted a rather eccentric colour. Say what you like about the Order of Cistercians of Strict Observance (Trappists) we keep our business behind closed doors. You won’t see our private affairs being discussed in blogs such as this! I wonder if the local off licence is back delivering after Christmas?

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Could Paul Clayton Lea and Martin O Brien have a conversation about Harry Coyle? …… and decide…… Eamonn Martin is surely conflicted.

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What is it with this diocese? By the day it seems more eyebrow-raising, to put it mildly. I hear big stories are on the way for some one-time high fliers?

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O’Hagan is going mad over some of the revelations about D&C. The phone line between him and old bling must be red hot. Parishioners of this diocese have been taken for mugs for years by charlatans posing as priests. It’s time to expose each and everyone of them. The vicariate of North Belfast is at war within because of Eugene O’Neill and his antics

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If the former leader of the RCC in Scotland, Keith Cardinal O’Brien, enjoyed a bit of illicit cassock lifting, is it any surprise that the lower ranks also indulge? It will take a lot of work to purge the RC church in Scotland of these reprobates.

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7.45 – well we all heard rumours about KOB – although in the end far more serious than the gossip – so of course if the chief is “bending” the rules why wouldn’t the rest of ye? Unless ye got caught and it’s poker face and moral self righteousness (aka rank hypocrisy 🤷🏾‍♂️)

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The ability to receive the teaching of Vatican II with maturity and fullness requires a conversion at every level of the Church, because the notion of pastoral conversion is structural for the whole Church, and therefore must be reflected in practice, in the exercise of authority and in the structures. The sensus fidei and pastoral conversion, together with an understanding of the relationship between the royal priesthood of all believers and the ministerial priesthood, are essential for the Church to be able to free itself from the evil of clericalism, and in this sense Pope Francis calls for a of the most important turning points of the Vatican II,
https://www-osservatoreromano-va.translate.goog/it/news/2021-12/quo-292/superare-il-clericalismo.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB

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Bishop Pat, today your blog has taught me that we here in the North must examine our own house and put it in order before looking further afield. Thank you for the work you do. May the Lord preserve you, and sustain your good health in 2022 and beyond. I certainly will be supportive of your work in righting the wrongs such institutions.
Long may you reign 👌

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Pat. My sister is pregnant to a priest from Donegal. This has been shattering to my family. Could i ring you please?? X

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9.03: Jacinta; hope you’re not telling untruths. Many people make false accusations wrongly and if true you should advise your sister to go to the Bishop.

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I would advise that the only Bishop she need attend is the one on this blog. Or the civil authorities if need be. Anything else is a waste of time.

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9:50, are you serious? The almost daily lesson illustrated by this blog is that you will get screwed if you report these things to the hierarchy.

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Jacinta. Your sis will not be the first nor I’m sure will not be the last to get preggers to a priest in Donegal.
The one good thing is that it proves that they’re not all gay.

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It’s a pity that oul hollow Seamus Hegarty has snuffed it otherwise the whole thing could have been covered up, your sister would have got a few euro and the sharing padre could have been moved to the other end of the county- that’s if it was in Raphoe

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Bishop Pat, around two-years-ago — the “early” days — I remember your words of wisdom; your sound advice: “I wouldn’t put anything past them…” Oh, how wise was I to have taken your words so firmly onboard!
Thank you.

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My prediction is that John Keenan will get Glasgow and Fr. Tom Kilbride will be moved from the college in Salamanca to Paisley.

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Don’t agree. I think either Joe Toal or Brian McGee will get Glasgow. Tom Kilbride just a shade you gas but he will get a= mitre in the new few years

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