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PHONSIE “THE SILENT”.

The man who likes to pontificate on everything from yoga to cancer prevention vaccines for girls has maintained A SUSPICIOUS SILENCE on Richard Purcell since his shock resignation as abbot 35 days ago !!!

From the beginning of the Purcell scandal Phonsie was written to personally and copied letters and emails to others.

He took no notice of serious concerns.

In fact he went out of his to publish his friendship with Purcell by being photographed with him, concelebrating with him at Mount Melleray and inviting him to be a  concelebrant at important diocesan occasions.

All the time that Dick Purcell was giving us all the TWO FINGER SALUTE Phonsie was giving us the same salute.

As the bishop of the Diocese Phonsie was bound to have had discussions with Purcell himself, the abbot general and other concerned parties.

As bishop Phonsie has the solemn duty to protect the Faith in his territory and the solemn duty to see that the Catholic Faithful are not scandalised or have their faith undermined by other persons.

He has NOT performed that duty.

Of course the monastery is under obedience to the abbot general essentially.

But the bishop has the role of protecting the faith in the territory where the monastery is situated.

Phonsie has not spoken about this great scandal in spite of his wide mouthed pronunciations on everything else.

Why has Phonsie not spoken?

Was it because the complaints were started on this blog and Phonsie does not want us to get any credit?

Did he not believe the allegations?

Does he believe them now after two resignations?

Was Phonsie cynically protecting his friend Dick?

Is Phonsie compromised in some way?

Does Richard Purcell have something on Phonsie?

These are all very relevant questions at this juncture.

And if Phonsie does not clear these questions up he is dead in the water as a bishop and moral voice and guide.

In fact he has become Ireland’s Number 1 episcopal hypocrite.

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If I could hazard a guess here on today blog,think phonsie might be compromised although I could be wrong there completely.
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Given his long silences, series of his non responses to date, it indicates that’s hes a company man 💯%. That shouldnt be surprising at all cos he’s a member of opus dei if I’m open to correction. I avoid opus dei at all costs, based my experience with them in dublin(St Stephen Green), long ago.
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There is asymmetry here cos he knows more than we do. But we shouldn’t be giving him money nor any adulation of any kind.
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Payback is our non responses to him via no money shouldn’t be given or donated , don’t give him any publicity or oxygen re news nor give him cos of his tendency to backfire re hiv vaccines et al.
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Attention seeker fairly allright, there. It would take a far bigger scandal to unseat him.

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DeafGuy, I don’t know or care whoever he is. This blogs continuing use of feminising “in-house” nicknames is a mark of the infantile mindset of the RC clergy which regrettably +Pat himself indulges in. He once excused it as being a common clerical practice. I just wish he would aspire to and ensure higher standards on this blog.
MMM

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MMM 12:04,
Some people visit a monastic community once or twice and they think they own the place. You comment here a few times and you think you own the place. You’ve been told before that the female names are a part of the rough and tumble.
Pax.

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MMM, had you been ordained you might have been known as Michelle, Michela or Mary of the Mournes. 😊

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I get both MMM’s point but also see this blog as exposing clerical culture, which is perhaps best shown up by the behaviour on here. The whole use of nicknames by clergy shows an incredible immaturity and a maturity around school age.
To call someone by a nickname they don’t want is incredibly disrespectful, to give them a name that isn’t theirs is a misuse of power. In many work places this is misconduct. Of all people Christians would get this but then we’re not talking about Christians.
I genuinely think the almost unmoderated content on this blog is very valuable because it is a reliable indicator of the culture of the church. And it ain’t big or clever.

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MMM, Is the commentator at 9:51 what you referred to as being of an infantile mindset?
Or just someone of a twisted sense of ???????

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I’ve come across Opus dei people in my diocese, I had a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach over it/them. Something like an internal alarm bell ringing — I’m usually spot on like that…
If I may ask, why do you suggest to stay clear of them, DG?
Anyhow, they always say Go with your gut…
Ps hope all blog readers and contributers had a peaceful Christmas 🎄🎅⛄

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Anon at 1.47
Referring to Opus dei, I met an opus dei priest in St Stephen Green back sometime around from 2008 to 2010 as far as I recollect. He spooked me off big time as I didn’t know why. Normally I don’t get that gut reaction unless for a good reason.
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Then I met Fr fortune at a wedding way back as he spooked me off there. Then I asked a local at the wedding re him as he gave me a horrific feedback. Then I knew why I was spooked. Even some locals knew it but they couldn’t prevent that priest officiating a wedding.
Then looking back at that opus dei priest, I asked my ex friend who is gay re him. He felt the same reaction as myself re spooked. He was, still a fanatic for all things such as TLM. He was abused way worse than myself. We never went back there again ever.
To me, he was charming, machellivan, pushy type, bully, eyes with a 🤑🤑 signs. Also I saw hallmarks of a cult there. Something was off re our conversation with him. We came from an abused background as we saw him through.
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Hence gut reaction which I didn’t understand at that time. It enabled us to steer away from him even through he was a priest.
Then I saw a movie ‘ the da vinci code as opus dei was mentioned there with a monk who wipped himself. Great acting by that monk. Then I realised it fits re opus dei MO.

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1.34: I agree with you. I have never subscribed to name calling of any kind which demeans and humiliates others, however trenchantly I disagree with them. In humour and in private we might poke some fun but to continually mock people and assign feminine names to men is very immature and a bullying tactic. It’s not just clerics but non clerics too. I think arguments are diminished when our only strength is name calling and the belittling of others. The people who practice name calling are cowards because we can be quite certain that they would not publicly say to a person’s face what they express here. In schools or places of work such behaviour constitutes bullying and harrassment. The same words are apt for much of this blog’s commentary. This blog can survive without this kind of mug behaviour. Pat doesn’t need such contributors.

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As does 1:34, you too @ 2:25 very appropriately express what I think, and certainly hope, that sensible mature contributors would subscribe to.
Those who attempt to excuse this supposedly common clerical practice, or enable its continuation, thereby demonstrate immaturity and other unattractive traits peculiar to the clerical fraternity.
It neither garners respect nor credence to their other utterances.
I stand by this opinion regardless of naysayers.
MMM

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Seamus at 12.21pm
I defend MMM cos of his age. He isn’t familiar with feminised names as myself. I know a few but not all of it.
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Speaking of owning the place as you speak, it’s the mindset of rcc as you have given it away there. When I visited few monasteries in the past as I don’t normally think of owning the place.
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Given the fact that monasteries are a huge places which will require lots of money to run it.
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Same can be said for other people who had visited monasteries as they don’t think of owning it except for an abbot or AG. I don’t think MMM visited any monasteries given his beliefs. Hence I would defend him especially on feminised names regardless of his beliefs.

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‘When you have visited monasteries, have you tried to dictate to the abbot or prior how they go about their business??’
Oh the rich irony of this being said by the guy who launched his own gospel reading program for Advent on someone else’s blog.

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2:01,
Launched?! LOL!
I humbly shared an idea with others for the Advent season. It was for the eyes of those who wanted to embrace the idea. Others merely had to look away and I wished them peaceful days.
Pax.
P.S. There is a Lenten variant. The 28 chapters of the Gospel of Matthew and the 16 chapters of the Gospel of Mark can be read from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday. 44 chapters for 44 days, when people journey to the Triduum Paschale in a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
Pax.

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Seamus at 5:02
What denomination are you? Your idea of bible reading is totally disconnected from the liturgy. Neither of your ideas about what to read then would occur to anyone seeking to live the Church’s liturgy.

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6:59,
Many people read the Gospel of Luke during Advent. I have extended the idea to Lent as mentioned above. The whole idea of the journey is to come closer to Christ, to know him better and to find time each day for Scripture. It is an idea and a suggestion for those willing to embrace it.
Pax.

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Of course, now there is a question mark over his association with the former abbot and why he went out of his way to appear to support him.

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+Pat. I also believe Mal Thompson the superior in Roscrea has serious questions to answer. It is widely believed that he knew about Purcell’s activities in Roscrea and pushed him out so as to take over. It was a typical RCC response to a RCC problem. Thompson’s silence cannot continue, there are important questions to no answered.

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I would say Phonsie gets the non silent bowel movements reading this blog.
Happy new year to you all folks

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8:59
Do you seriously think think there is a cleric in Ireland and the UK who doesn’t read it?

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Anon at 9.25am,

Its not only him, but there are other bishops who have had kept schtum to this day namely, Crean, Deenihan, browne, Brady, Martin, bling Bishop, leahy, o reilly as I could go on.

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Its their MO as silence method is in their dna in rcc world,hoping for the best that it will all go away over a passage of time.
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They can’t have both ways re give and take. They want to keep taking from us in the form of monetary donations or Sunday Church collections without giving us a return such as their silence or their lack of response to our requests which was an affront to the laity itself. Cos they (laity) keep giving it to the bigwigs of rcc and getting nothing from them in return.

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Anon at 10.02am.

Fair enough. Yes re albeit reluctantly, which spoke volumes re regards to his mindset at that time.

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I don’t know Cullinane, never seen him in the flesh or heard him. However, I sense from this blog that he is a thick, arrogant, bolshy man, typical of the clerics who come out of that school of priestly ontological difference, elevated status, no accountability, able to do and say what he wants and not to be contradicted. We have been ruled by clerics like this for too long, and seldom are they brought to account. Until now. One good thing that + Pat’s blog does is to put these clerics on notice – no longer will be they able to avoid scrutiny and accountability. Phonsie may be staying quiet at the moment, but there are things coming at him down the line, and he will be made in due course to give an account of what he has done, what he knows, and who he is. I doubt if it will be a pretty picture. It is only a matter of time.

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They all keep silent. Look at Big Mick’s bishop, who refused to reconsecrate the church and remove the altar after Big Mick sucked off a seminarian on it. He just remained silent in the face of an overwhelming scandal.

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Yes what accoured in killdorrery was a complete disgrace, not only the act ,which was one of the worst scandals ever seen in the Catholic Church, but the failure of Crean to act appropriately under canon law was even more corrupt, he should resign.

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Has the Apostolic Nuncio been given the evidence? Threaten to publish the unredacted photographs and they may act then?

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They went to Killdorrery and participated willingly. Now Purcell has been dealt with; Bishop Pat will have time to focus on this. The crimes on the altar are crying out to heaven to be heard. The church needs reconsecrating asap.

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9.58 and 10.02
Ex-seminarian(s) stalker alert. Seek help for your infatuation which has moved to the level of obsession.Making reference to them or to him here will not help you. The first thing you need to understand is unrequited infatuation is a fact of life. The mature person moves on. There is support available to help you do this. The alternative is to remain in emotional and sexual immaturity which is a recipe for unhappiness.

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I suppose the seminarian who had felatio on the altar was sexually mature? The whole thing stinks, and the silence is deafening.

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Silence speaks Volumes – it’s what some specific types of clerics & volunteers utilise to protect the interests of those in their inner circle & for mutual benefit. They only chatter like magpies when “spreading whatever word suits their agenda” to attempt to circumvent & discredit valid criticism & complaints.

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The way to get to.phonsie and the other useless knobs is to not give them or their corrupt RC Church a penny. Give no money at any cost. Give your Donations to Bishop Pat for his effective Ministry in Larne.
Shove that up your asses BROTHER Bishops.

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His tacit support seems to have backfired, and he has now replaced Richard Purcell as Ireland’s No 1 hypocrite.

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The Cistercians have so many unanswered questions they need to address. Who knew what and when? The order is imploding and they continue to ignore the quest for truth. Burying your head in the sand and ignoring the calls for justice and truth will not allow the OCSO their freedom. The lack of integrity within the leadership of the Cistercians is shocking. The order needs someone to come clean and repent for their lies and failings. The high moral ground in which they have stood for the past decade has crumbled away. Malachy Thompson and his comrades need to come clean about the money, sex, alcohol and property.

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“To make a contented slave, it is necessary to darken the morals & mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the “power of reason”.
Frederick Douglass
There’s no record of Douglass ever visiting our Patch but he sure describes it to a “T”.

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The RC church is a mafia and the bishops adhere to the code of “omertà”. It is a junket. Bishops no longer have any moral authority. It’s about protecting the business at all costs. To bishops will respond to the scandals by doing what they always do : move priests about and wring their hands like pontius Pilate . It’s not about the teachings of Jesus Christ. It’s a business, a money making exercise. I didn’t see any priests or bishops out helping feed the homeless on Christmas Day. They were too busy quaffing their chateau Neuf de pape. They are an affront to Christ

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12.11: Incidentally, were you out feeding the homeless? Those who assume to make judgments of others are key board warriors and nothing more. Our parish arranged for parishioners to donate meals for the elderly, housbound, needy families and the lonely. We got so much that we gave 2/3/4 meals to some households. All organised by the local priest and religious sisters. The real challenge of the Eucharist is to become the bread of life for one another. Our parish community exemplified this in a most kind, loving and generous way. Sometimes great charity is carried out very quietly. What did you do?

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While ensuring the social structures which cause homelessness while protecting your comfort are still in place, eh, 2:52.

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@ 2:52pm
Good for you, and your fellow Catholic parishioners. God and His Holy Mother will bless you with many graces. Unlike the left wing commie @ 6:56pm who most likely did nothing!

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Is phonsie capable of saying anything that is acceptable to the present company? I imagine he thinks not, and so he remains silent so his world do not become his enemy’s ammunition.

His silence may also be ammunition but it is less sustainable, and so he waits out the storm. I feel his wait may be long and fill or regret that he didn’t greet +pat when in Waterford last

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In my opinion, the strategy of “omerta”, particularly in the context of scandal abuse or corruption, will not “work” in the contemporary world.

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Omerta – relates to criminal activity. Are you alleging criminal activity has occurred? If so bring evidence to the Gardaí.
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My understanding is that a man appears to have been accused of breaching his chastity with other consenting adult men. In the non-institutional world this amounts to consenting sex, not scandal, abuse, corruption or crime. In truth the situation is what people will make it to be. +Pat clearly takes it more seriously than Church authorities.
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+Pat clearly takes it more seriously than Church authorities – and that is one lesson today.
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The second lesson today is that few people actually care who takes it seriously and who does not. People will not think upon a monk in Waterford, let alone his sex life. Visitors will look with pity when they see him, but avoid him in disgust for his betrayal of his life commitment, not for him having gay sex. They will pity him because of his sexual immaturity and for not having seized the opportunities pre-monastic life – as many a monk has done. The truth about many older monks is that they are hardened by having lived life to the full before entering the monastery, often at an age when dioceses would not look at them. This is part of why they are wise.

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@ 3:26 pm
” Omerta is the Code of silence when dealing with the government. It literally means “manhood” and refers to the idea of a man dealing with his own problems without the help of an law-body, but the term has a also become synonymous with Mafia’s code of silence. Omerta is a very popular attitude in places of Southern Italy like Sicily, where the Mafia is strong. ” See https://the-mafia.weebly.com/omerta.html
I was commenting in general terms in relation to covering up of abuse corruption and scandalous behaviour of clerics in the Rcc. Are you suggesting covering up abuse corruption or scandalous behaviour of clerics did not include covering up criminal activity? Are you suggesting the document known as “Crimen sollicitationis” issued by the
Congregation of the Holy Office on March 16, 1962. which was presented by the Prefect,
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, to Pope John XXIII for his approval did not involve covering
up child sexual abuse? Is causing scandal no longer considered a serious matter by Rcc bishops ? Are you suggesting covering up including silence was not a strategy to deal with such matters by the Rcc authorities? I suggest the sexual immaturity of many clerics is causing mayhem.

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@4.03pm
“commenting in general terms in relation to covering up of abuse corruption and scandalous behaviour of clerics in the Rcc. Are you suggesting covering up abuse corruption or scandalous behaviour of clerics did not include covering up criminal activity? Are you suggesting the document known as “Crimen sollicitationis” issued by the
Congregation of the Holy Office on March 16, 1962. which was presented by the Prefect,
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, to Pope John XXIII for his approval did not involve covering
up child sexual abuse? Is causing scandal no longer considered a serious matter by Rcc bishops ? Are you suggesting covering up including silence was not a strategy to deal with such matters by the Rcc authorities?”
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Respectfully, do not put words in the mouth of The Holy Goat. Today’s blog is about the Silence of the Bishop of Waterford. You may struggle to stay on topic, but The Holy Goat refuses your bait.
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If you have evidence that the Bishop of Waterford’s silence aides the covering up of a crime than I suggest you present your evidence to the Gardaí and ask that he be prosecuted under The Withholding Act, if indeed you allegation fits the criteria for such an action.
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Remember, I am The Holy Goat. I recognise bleating when I read it so don’t try baiting me or putting words in my mouth.

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@ 8:10 pm

With respect, read very carefully. I made a follow up comment to a commentator @ 12:11 pm who stated: “The RC church is a mafia and the bishops adhere to the code of “omertà”.”
You may have difficulties following the line of commentary. If anyone is baiting or putting words into anyone’s mouth it is you attempting to bait me. Respectfully, I couldn’t careless
if you are a holy or unholy goat, don’t you dare attempt to bait me or put words into my mouth. Silence among hierarchies is nothing new in Britain, Ireland or Internationally.

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@10pm
Your defensiveness is undermined by the fact that you made no reply @12.11 as you assert. I suggest you re-read your replies, including the @ symbols you used. Bleat on if you will but own your own bleating.

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@ 12:06 am
Are you alright ? Seriously, are you OK ? Is something bothering you ?
My post was at 2:11pm in response to a comment made at 12:11pm in relation to “omerta”.
Meanwhile, you continued bleating on until 12:06 am !!
Own your projections including defensiveness.
“Omerta” does not necessarily relate to criminal activity.
Happy New Year, Holy Goat!

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Is there a difference between hard core and soft core Opus Dei?

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The difference between hard core and soft core opus dei is in how you react when you find out they sleep three to a room in their residences.

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6.56: Have you noticed the many religious and clerics at the forefront of responding to the poor, homeless and needy? Fr. Peter McVerry: Sister Stan: Brother Kevin: St. Vincent de Paul: Franciscans Merchant Quay Project: Sister Consilio: Vincentian Partnership: Sir, don’t be such an idiotic plonker and an embarrassment to yourself. Go out to the towns and cities and you’ll find wonderful, caring CHRISTIANS at the coal face of compassion for the most needy. What are you doing? Nothing.

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Hi Pat. Do you have any people ordained in the U.S.A who are in an independent Ministry as Priests ?.

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The RCC in Ireland has no hope of sustaining itself when clowns like Phonsie are made bishops. We can all comment on what the RCC was like in the 50s and 60s etc, in particular it’s attitude as an institution towards single mothers etc. We are now approaching 2022 and still faced with Phonsie’s unenlightened views around eastern philosophical approaches such as yoga. The institution that promoted this idiot as a bishop and allows him to make such stupid and ill-informed commentary deserves to vanish. As for his relationship with a Purcell, the mind boggles at what they both got upto. Phonsie is so repressed I dread to think what his true tastes actually are.

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https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2021/12/top-five-most-under-covered-vatican-stories-of-2021

Top Five Most Under-Covered Vatican Stories of 2021
John L. Allen Jr.
Dec 30, 2021

” ROME – Every year, certain storylines dominate news coverage of the Vatican. Some are largely positive, though many tend to be negative, such as the clerical abuse scandals that have been a strong contender for biggest Vatican story of the year for each of the last 20 years.”….” At year’s end, it’s worth a look back at some of the other noteworthy Vatican stories of the year that never quite made the cut, generating some ripples but never a wave in the sea of today’s 24/7 media coverage.”

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‘ The Bishop concluded by asking teachers and principals to encourage children to “pray the Rosary” and help them spend time with Jesus in “adoration or in quiet meditation” in the classroom.’ Let us know how this has worked out for you Phonsie! Asking teachers and principals to get students to say the rosary as an alternative to practicing yoga? So removed from reality it is beyond comprehension. And yet he is silent on Purcell’s kinky habits!

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Correct. And his press releases are fantastic ammunition for people advocating that the Churches are removed as school patrons. His views are stupid, not properly thought out and down right offensive.

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Bishop Phonsie is an embarrassment to the Catholic Church in Ireland. His appointment symbolises everything the church is doing wrong. There is no hope!

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3.28
It would be worth doing a blog on the baleful influence of Charlie Brown on the church in Iteland. Not that all of the nine appointments made during his regrettable tenure in Dublin were bad: Crean, Leahy, E.Martin, Browne, Nulty, F.Duffy, Doran, Cullinan and Monahan but some were appalling.

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‘Nothing to do with me’ is the way bishops try to avoid contact with the shenanigans of religious in their diocese. Elsie did this when people kept going to him because Ealing Abbey was being run by a paedophile ring.
They can request a visitation from Rome, so actually it is something to do with them.
Incidentally in light of the above comments I make a point of referring to Elsie as Elsie because she’s a despicable bastard and I wouldn’t piss on her if she was on fire.

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I dread the response to this question, but has Phonsie ever expressed a view on gay people? I know he’s an Opus Dei background, so perhaps I can guess his views.

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Of course he’s come up with the goods!

‘CONTROVERSIAL CLERIC Bishop of Waterford says it’s ‘God’s plan’ for people marry someone of opposite sex
Bishop Cullinan also claimed parents want their sons to “grow up and meet a nice girl” and daughters to “meet a nice guy”.’
Source: https://m.sundayworld.com/news/irish-news/bishop-of-waterford-says-its-gods-plan-for-people-marry-someone-of-opposite-sex-39663239.html

These expressed views make his apparent support of an abbot who frequented a gay bath house even more dissonant.

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Oh my word! My mum certainly never said anything of the sort… “meet a nice girl”, really, really!
Mind you, I loved playing in the kitchen quite a bit — which is where she once said to me: “You’ll make wonderful cook when you grow up, son.” 🤣
.https://www.google.com/search?q=kids+kitchen+set&client=ms-android-motorola-rvo3&prmd=sivxn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCouWq2Iz1AhWCSvEDHZNUBuMQ_AUoAnoECAIQAg&biw=412&bih=784&dpr=1.75#imgrc=-GMc39Y53EnvzM

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According to one Google result, Bishop Cullinan said he treats gay people with respect but that he does not agree with “what they’re doing”.
So there you have it, he treated Richard Purcell with respect but disagreed with him “doing it”. What more can you ask.

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It doesn’t say he treats a sexually active gay Abbot or priest with respect !

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This is the idiot who said that the HPV vaccine encouraged sexual promiscuity. His comments are never based on fact or evidence. Just stupid, outdated and dangerous. Is this the best the RCC can do?

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Sexual promiscuity within the clergy? I could write several articles for this blog about what I’ve seen and been told. In fact, I intend to. Thank God for the few cooperative clergy. I request Bishop Pat’s blessing, of course. Sexual promiscuity is the tip of the iceberg in the North!!

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All these churchie types lived in a bubble protected from reality Janet & John smiled politely out of respect and / or fear Aaaaa whatever ya think yourself Fattherr. Those days are gone .A digital church future beckons from the wings Happy New Year

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I agree with the original point. However I would add, some clergy are too fond of this type of church, with a sub-standard lifestyle to match. No doubt the wannabe-beatified hardliners will attack me from all angles; I couldn’t care less. Priesthood is not a career. It is a vocation. You don’t clock-out, and indeed there are clerics who operate under this unfortunate and modern mantra. Of course the problem in 2021/22 is they get away with anything, because brown-nosers will always back the problem-makers up in the hope of a pat on the back or a cheap blessing (for a few GBP). Educate yourselves, dear people. Our faith begins when we walk out the doors of the Church, for it is then that we put in to practice Christ’s teachings. Some of our clerics forget that.

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Well if previously mentioned “sexual promiscuity” entails having numerous profiles on Grindr, then Bishop Pat may just have a field day with some facts 😂
Of course the sheep will come out with the usual “Ah sure look, they’re entitled to be happy”. Of course they are – all they have to do is find another job instead of freeloading 🙂

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Bishop, will you be having a look back at the top 5 stories from the past year? A lot of newspapers etc are doing that online. Or can you tell us what your top story was or which got the most hits in the year etc

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@ 10:30pm
It’s a sight to behold alright, it’s hideous I can see why they call it Paddy’s wig wam that’s what it looks like. Fascinating is not a word I would use for it..

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10.51: You dont seem to have caught anything of Christ with that very sweeping statement or lie! I never cease to tell people that the real Eucharist begins when we leave the Eucharistic celebration to become what we receive, the Body of Christ, for one another. You should try it sometime. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord – in one another. We’re not all fools.

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Never once did I say all were fools. Assuming makes an ass of you and me 🙂 how can you judge what I say as a definite lie? “You should try it sometime” – I just have certain expectations for my pastors. I’m disappointed you are happy with a free for all society. Right enough, the world is in great moral condition, isn’t it? And you’re not fooling anyone, ‘Father’. Not even you are infallible.
Christ taught to judge not, I accept. But we are also taught that we should hunger for what is right. Do not be afraid to stand up and take bad press, as you are giving me, my friend.
“It is easy to be popular; it is less easy to be just.”

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