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DERRY MAN AWARDED £ 50,000 FOR ABUSE IN DERRY DIOCESAN SCHOOL.

TERRY DORAN

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PAT SAYS

This is a very sad and typical story.

It’s good that Terry Rooney can talk about it freely now. He was a total victim.

The Church and priests in Derry protected his abuser Raymond Gallagher.

In a crazy and cynical reply to Terry the school president, Monsignor James Coulter sais;

“It (the abuse) did not affect his ability to teach”.

MONSIGNOR COULTER

I wonder if he was a relative of the Derry composer Phil Coulter?

Terry is quite right to ask for the abuse at St Columb’s to be included in the Historical Abuse investigation by PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Judith Gillespie.

JUDITH GILLESPIE

Amy Martin is a product and a former president of St Columbs.

238 replies on “DERRY MAN AWARDED £ 50,000 FOR ABUSE IN DERRY DIOCESAN SCHOOL.”

Bring Arlene back. She got an awful hard time but she is a very sensible and honourable woman who was ousted by sheer rats.

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Having met him in person I can say that a celibate lifestyle suits him perfectly. He’s in love with himself.

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Really ? You just have to look at that picture of him touching his mitre, his manicured nails, his white shirt cuffs, his queeney pursed lips…..the whole picture screams gay. Martin is the archetype gay cleric who has been pampered from birth and told he is so special by his Mammy, and continues to pamper himself. The way he speaks, the way he walks, the way he laughs….it all screams gay. He’s probably not sexually active. Too scared. Anyhow, could you imagine how he would be sexually, all girly and coy. Not much fun really. Definitely not of the marrying kind, is on the other bus, sits down to piss. You get the picture.

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What a truly hateful, misogynistic and homophobic comment. I don’t know why I’m shocked it’s not as if Pat hasn’t permitted this type of post before. I really wish he’d exercise a big more prayerful thought before permitting such nasty posts.

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@9:59 – You know I’m right, so why not be able to say it ? I think I’ve painted a perfect picture of + Amy Martin. Maybe it makes him eminently suitable for celibacy and the priesthood ? But, I just say what I see. And what I say @9:48 is a perfect description. Okay ?

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Oh please. Amy is no cardinal in waiting. Single cuff? No links? He hasn’t a chance. Now maybe one or two of the My Big Ego set……

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9.59: So true. This type of homophobic comment is not unusual on this blog. Such a comment as this about Archbishop Eamonn Martin is outrageous and simply disgusting. Pat knows it’s outrageous and knows too that it’s deliberately designed to humiliate and denigrate the Archbishop. The Archbishop has been mocked and ridiculed so unfairly on this blog and this comment today transgresses human decency boundaries. The comment should, in conscience and in moral principle, be removed. Pat, give us a rational, justifiable reason for allowing so homophobic a comment. Imagine if such comments were levelled against a young man with anxieties about his sexuality, what effects would they have? Fatal, in many cases, sadly. This language has no place in any intelligent discourse about important issues of sexual abuse.

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In the current climate it is quite a fair question as to whether any bishop or priest is gay, and actively so.

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@11:20 Martin : Homosexuals are not supposed to be ordained in the Church, and most of it’s problems are of a homosexual nature. Let that home truth and FACT sink in. Though I’m sure you like all the other gays will pretend there is no homosexual problems in the Church. Over 80% of the child abuse was homosexual in nature, including today’s story. Also the Lavender Mafia and the blackmailing or one another so they can continue sexual abuse is very real. Kirby is also another tale of a homosexual abuser.

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He’s a weak willed cowardly and sneaky mincer, into new age liturgical dancing, cheap nasty felt banners, and Fr Cringe Groovy guitars and tambourines at “Mass” etc. and desperate to please the media including endorsing BLM and abortion so that it’s “safe legal and rare”. Not what the Church needs. His Christmas midnight mass on RTÉ was a new age debacle. He’s a pathetic weak leader and Catholic, and we’re going to be stuck with him now for another 18 years at least for his negligence, inaction, and lukewarm whishy washyness to cause untold more damage.

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@11.20
When a man committes publically to a promise or a vow in relation to his sex life than he has no legitimate grounds for objecting to the public discussing how he has managed that committment.

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Let the man do his vocation, you don’t give this abuse to your nurses and Drs do you?

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Who is he to deny legislators communion? I don’t agree with abortion but if he is handing communion to criminals then what is the difference?

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The difference is one group differs on the church’s buzz issue intended to give the impression to the gullible it gives a shit about human life, whereas the other group is criminals and the church always cozies up to them.
Birds of a feather.

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12.39

To enquire into a person’s sexuality is verboten in most interview processes…. For a statutory reason…. You are conflating rationals…. Of course you may ask him if he is a celibate…. As one may ask if one is married. The comments today are intimidatory and bullying to the person they are applied to…

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1.14
You appear to be bound in by Tridentine categories in your thought process here….. I only as a bit of lateral thinking. The idea of “ vocation” is part of the problem…. It’s why the man at the centre of the Irish News story quoted today finds himself where he is in life…. “ vocation “ let’s them off the hook in their own minds and collectively as “ a church .” In your own comment there is the approach of justification out of the word you are making apologetics for….

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The red hat will go to Dublin. He is the voice of Catholicism in Ireland now. Only last week the Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell pleaded with people who don’t need new Government subsidies to gift it to their parish St Vincent de Paul group.

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And the Archbishop of Dublin presided over an ordination in his diocese on Sunday. The seminarian had been in the Irish College in Rome

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11.47: What’s your point? God bless this new priest and protect him from silly dunces like you.

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There won’t be a red hat for Ireland any time soon. Francis will continue to appoint new cardinals from other parts of the world, and rightly so. Ireland, both the Church and civil leaders, have an inflated view of their importance and impact in the world. The Catholic Church is bigger than the Irish one and Francis’s picks should reflect this. Likewise, listening to the Irish government speak on international matters, would almost make one think that we are the biggest and most influential place on the planet……we’re a tiny nation on the edge of Europe and the world doesn’t actually give us more than a second glance.

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Red hats now go to whoever suits the Lavender mafia the best as they control them now, so which one would be better connected Lavender mafia wise? Martin or Farrell?

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Without a doubt the red hat is going to Archbishop Ledwith of Dublin. He’s getting two auxiliaries too.

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Who wants a red hat going to any bog trotter in Ireland at present. They already have one laughing stock albeit retired. The Irish and it’s Church deserve no special treatnent from Rome because they are an arrogant up their own arses pompous lot. Land of saints and scholars, please don’t make me laugh.

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Gut Churning abuse started by nuns when he was taken from his mother without her consent in Mother & Baby Home & then his background used to mark him out in school by sick teaching priest. Totally failed by Church from birth onwards. Horrendous.

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3:04pm the report says the nuns forged his mother’s signature in the mother and baby home and Monsignor Coulter stated that “abusing” the child did not impact on the ability of this teacher to teach……..

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Judith Gillespie looks amazing for her age, but one of her two daughters, a lesbian, was sacked when working in call centre at 19 for sectarianism language

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12:55am Judith Gillespies daughter is over 18 years old and, therefore, completely at liberty to choose her sexuality, choice of employment and political opinions and beliefs. She sounds a straightforward kind of a gal and is not living a lie. Are you jealous of her, Father? But?! No need to be so judgemental about the girl. You haven’t walked in her shoes.

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This story is another example of the complete recklessness of church authorities to deal with sexual abuse. That any person in leadership as a priest or lay person would dismiss any reference to sexual abuse is horrific. In the 60’s where I lived as a child my parents warned us about a certain individual and constantly advised us to never be near him and to stay clear of him. They knew why, we didn’t until years later. Their parental instinct to protect us from harm of any kind was foremost in their parenting. No great education required to care for their children. Yet, very well educated men hadn’t a clue about such absolute duty of care. Their protection of a system was their focus, sadly and regrettably. Such a learned selfishness caused untold harm, devastation, pain and life long trauma to thousands. Coupled with a thwarted understanding of sexuality the church has been responsible for much harm and pain. Yes, we can acknowledge the good works carried out but the crimes of abuse, cover-up, denial and slowness of responses have almost destroyed the moral voice of the church. I hope this man will find greater peace and healing.

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8:02am The protection of themselves and the RCC is the only focus now – a dangerous lot – best avoided where possible but even that’s an issue because – their laity are even more dangerous than the clergy because they are infiltrated everywhere in daily lives & in workplaces of the unsuspecting public.

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Yes, 12:25, but you can see them coming. They’re the thick ones who keep going on about how everything is unfair and want the police informed if two women live together but not if a child is being abused.

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Mafia. Definition.
A group regarded as exerting a hidden sinister influence.
A group with Mafia in their name would definetly not be called by God to be a priest. I meant gay people who are sensitive and full of love who would give their life for their fellow man in the name of God. Our salvation is what everything is about and we need priests who can give 100% to help us along this painfull road of growth towards God’s salvation

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Did you see Bishop Donal McKeown on the news wanting an end to the exemption in Catholic schools? On top of this Ukraine nonsense I am sick of that man

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Fr Martin taught me in St Columbs in Derry in 1996 and he was absolutely clueless and could not command the respect of his students

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Eamon Martin has the quality to be Pope, brush all your problems away, remain silent and look over there 👉

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The queen is undertaking ‘light’ duties. When was her last heavy duty? That must have been having sex with that ghastly husband of hers.

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@11:01. I am a staunch Republican, and no supporter of a hereditary monarchy, especially the British one. Nevertheless I have respect for the present Queen, regardless of her progeny.
I think your comment is highly inappropriate, especially in this forum.

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The queen is remarkable but let’s face it, has never had heavy duties. Even our very own Queen Bling in Lisbreen Palace has it easy.

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12:52pm Is Fr Brian D’Arcy back from the Daniel O’Donnell 60th Birthday Sea Cruise?? Any News or will we have to wait to hear all about it from Tubbs on the The Late Late Show? 🤣

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@10.43am The Frees protected child abusers in the past. The latest one, a Councillor got arrested for trying to groom and meet a child online. Their KJV bible means sweet F All. They are rotten to the core.

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All Churches and organisations have their share of abusers, but they are better managed and less tolerated than they are in the dysfunctional RCC. The KJV is a great English version whether you like it or not.

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Mark kirby has BPD and that’s why he gets away with so much. It’s always so easy to blame mental health to escape justice.

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12:25, I’d say it’s far more serious than that with Mark Kirby. Raging narcissism and hearing voices.

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Fr Devlin said you apologised to him after you featured him on your blog before and yet yesterday he was mocked again on it for wanting to cure addicts of self acts

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10.59: You, Pat, cannot be trusted with information or truth. Ever. You have great difficulty in accepting responsibility for your irrespinsibilities.

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Paddy was really smug when telling everyone you had contacted him to apologise and take his name
Off your blog

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11:02am Most Diocese have an official Spin Doctor & media contact but the whole Diocese feed into that to project the official line which in practice often appears to be far removed from the truth in reality. Public do see through the hypocrisy.

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The victim’s surname is incorrect?
The cleric who advised the victim to speak to his parents did the right thing.
The Monsignor’s crazy and cynical reply is absolutely disgusting. That the teacher was able to taunt his victim afterwards is absolutely horrendous.

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11.13
There are no great Australian philosophers. It’s something to do with lifestyle.

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11.52… I like your humour…. and delighted the combination was memorable to you!

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11.13. No I haven’t…. Just after coffee with Gadamer and Hegel… Nietzsche was busy…. Pity you can’t join us…. But then I don’t know your name….

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Phil Coulter included the Glen’s of Antrim in Ireland’s Call:
“From the mighty Glens of Antrim,
From the rugged hills of Galway!
From the walls of Limerick, and Dublin Bay,
From the four proud provinces of Ireland!”
You cannot beat a good rendition of Amhrán na bhFiann as the English found out on their first Rugby visit to Croke Park.https://youtu.be/cX4ka-5j2vU

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Seamus at 1:45 you mean ‘as we English found out on our first Rugby visit to Croke’, surely.

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@11.26am Since yesterday you have been asking Pat inane questions. Why don’t you apply to present Mastermind or are you just a nosey gossip?

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There is no shame in getting to know a man I respect a-lot and admire and look up to. Call me a fan

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Sorry for the quick reply Pat, I hope you don’t mind my mundane questions and of course if you didn’t want to reply you could take them as rhetorical

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His feast day is 365 days a year. J. D Salinger got that one right… to jog the memory…. he wrote the Judas was Jesus’ favourite disciple.

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I didn’t think J.D. Salinger was that stupid, but there you go, you learn something new everyday.

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Pat, time for a real look at this.
Armagh seem to have a problem at the moment from what I can gather. Certainly a very hot potato. Are you familiar?

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Derry man awarded some money
An amount I see as ‘funny’ (never enough)
The abuse he suffered was horrific
From a teacher that was prolific
Catholic Church is a breeding ground
Where abuse is always profound
The clean up must begin
For an institution that is a has been

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Poetic priest, thank you for concentrating on the focus of the blog today, how many comments have been about the victim? 5? Max

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Eamonn Martin is being bullied by a certain form of comment here today. It is a form that was and is used in schools, places of work and social media ( and many other places) but it is bullying and intended to intimidate. Not Just…. but that’s hard to find.

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12.28. As I referred to a few days ago, Pat Kenny on the programme about Vincent Hanleys life was asked by a Garda “ you wouldn’t be one of them fellas yourself?” Intimidatory entirely. A form of bullying especially from a person who has access to power and force…. In fact what Pat Kenny I don’t think realised , the Garda was asking him most probably to admit to a crime ( if he was one of them fellas and active)….. ( under Irish Law at the time). What a place it was !!!!

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Look what happens when they are given the run of the place like now, child abuse galore, and the Lavender mafia.

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12:35pm Still is in a lot of respects when dealing with power and authorities. Huge struggle to get justice or transparency.

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1.49
Sexual abuse is a constant in human population…. It is statistically an equilibrium…. It is not a variable….. that is why your comment is unfortunate. It will be another few decades before those who are made victims today will come forward.. if at all. There is no accounting for what human beings are capable of and have done throughout history……the Christian idea of forgiveness needs a lot of reform in dialogue with behavioural disciplines of today.

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4.26
I concur.. apologies if that was not clear from my comment. I sincerely hope you were not at the receiving end of such … that perhaps caused your comment. Your empathy for others is clear.

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12.28. The RCC turned that form of bullying into a virtue in the sacraments and the doctrines. Now you have the Argentine telling parents not to judge their children if they come out… You couldn’t make it up.

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1.54… funny peculiar….. or funny haha…. I am standing up for no one… I

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….clown…. Another one of those words “ thrown about so readily and easily”…….

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I am also vaccinated have had mild Covid symptoms and have seen unvaccinated both be very sick and die.

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Im a hca who sleeps with a priest and i only got the vaccination to go on holiday to Spain with him

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Think about it, some housekeeper was given £3k for finding a Priest with a woman and this man is only afforded £50k for being abused? Better paid for remaining silent.

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you wouldn’t get 3k now for finding a Priest with a man never mind only a woman, housekeeping is not as profitable as it used to be.

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The life story from the Irish News that I read early this morning… well no words for the harm inflicted and perpetuated by the RCC. It is a pattern borne out of a Roman ( and diocesan of which there are something like 4300… I can’t recall exactly) policy than extended and extends throughout the world. It is happening right now as it did before. The only variant is the exposure the RCC ( like many other institutions e.g police forces…. I knew a solicitor in Australia brought to for her attempts to deal with abuse by police… the police framed George Pell on behalf of an even bigger power) fear in the sliding scale of forensic media attention. Look at the Chinese tennis player…. How very Chino-Roman Catholic…… they are learning colleges from each other!! Euphemism.

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6.30
They publish much worse. Biggest social change in the Republic of Ireland; British tabloids in 80s and 90s; exaggerated to make a point.

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6.47
Further to my comment; they hailed a certain lifestyle and then tore asunder any footballer who lived by it: for the same reason that the Colosseum was built.

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I’m a pregnant woman of twins and I never thought of such issues. As much I don’t mind my babies being part of queer culture I still hope they aren’t.

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I have opened a bakery in west belfast and a visit from you would be most welcome with a smile and a free coffee and cake to welcome you

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You can always tell the days there are more clerics on here. For example today where the subject is clerical sexual abuse but they’re going on about red hats.
And they wonder why they’ve lost any moral authority….

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I was talking about the red hats, and I’ve nothing to do with the clergy. Only dodgy priests read this blog to see if they appear in it.

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3:24pm I’ve decided I don’t want to be a priest after all. Everyone seems to assume you are up to no good when they spot the collar. It seems a bit like those lads that go to jail young, they meet all the other crims in there and end up leaving with the equivalent of a university education in being up to no good. Sounds like you’d be lucky to graduate from the Seminary in one piece with the likes of Kirby & Purcell and all those strange fellas they have running these joints. You’d be reminded of the Young Offenders Institution programmes where the young fellas in the open access house in the final stage of their rehabilitation deliberately walk out & break the rules because they are institutionalised and are afraid to go back out into the world. Strange but True. That’s it folks, Goodnight. Hope Bishop Pat has something or someone juicy for the Friday Blog 👌

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This blog is like Rate your Teacher but for priests. About time the tables were turned, all the old people were scared witless of the bossy priests that read out the money each house gave from the altars & could call you out from the pulpit. Me Grandad always said we were better off when the priests had to have their backsides turned to us on the altar. Now God knows what they doing with their backsides!! Our bossy PP is scary, he has bulgy eyes & glares right down at you. I’m not going to say who he is but he needs to chill out. I don’t think he’s a bad egg but who knows. Pat knows.

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2.45
If you read the text you’ll see that the abuser was a layman. You are quick to rush to conclusions and careless about weighing evidence.

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2.45: What a stupid comment. Pat accepts much repeat caca commenters on each day, mostly non clerics or ex seminarians. There are many silly, innocuous and superficial commenters of all hues on this blog, you included. They should be deleted and binned.

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Whenever I end up in court I just make out I didn’t know that it was a crime. I learned that trick from red hats and other prelates.

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I’m not a priest, I’m just Pat’s admirer.
I’m a pretty poor Christian but God loves a try-er.
I pray and I work and I fancy Bill Mul
But he wouldn’t like me cos I’m over the hill

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Yep! Bill is a hottie
He sets me on fire
He’s the best of craic too
A real live wire.
Hands off him though cos he is mine,
You just stand back and wait in the line

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He’s a poet,
And wants us to know it,
What happened to religion,
It’s lost its vision,
So thanks for your rhymes,
At any & all times,
You give us heart,
When we’re falling apart.

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Alvin we welcome you to our club,
We will toast you in the pub.
We live in hope of Bill’s attention
Though it fills us with nervous tension!
The thought of him gives us butterflies
Oh my word, but those thighs!

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6.22 Thanks Paddy, I’d love to dine with you whenever you so choose… perhaps a positive through this Blog can be arranged… off screen of course!!!!

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Roman Abramovich will be ousted from the UK and sent back to his native Russia where he and his money belongs.

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Funny how you loved his money for years. Most of the property in London is now owned by Russian and Arabs

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And when the Vatican City c/o Westminster Archdiocese “lose” money on it they “find” it again just as quick. Was this one of the things that gets touted as “miraculous”?

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For the information of readers, a prelate is someone who has been preferred, who has received preferment.
Praefero, praeferre, praetuli, praelatum

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@ 6:19pm
Patsy don’t you think it’s your duty to admonish the evil gossips on this blog for trying to besmirch the character of this poor man. All those allegations and innuendo’s about suicide, when we now know he died of natural causes. They should be ashamed of themselves for the distress caused to his family, May he rest in peace.

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I have read about this ‘power struggle’ for a number of months now but I have to comment; Eugene is an immature and child like man with many jealous tendencies, Tony is actually quite the gentleman despite the impression he is afforded on this blog

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Imagine Bishop Buckley being invited to the Reneghan Library for a sitting of his brothers ( if that’s where they still meet). I got a smile when I heard Micheal ( Mehall) Churchill this morning on Ukraine…. Suit him better to attend to the inflictions in Mosney… The outrageous treatment in Direct Provision… but like Patrick Buckley amongst those papally mandated….much easier to demonise…..

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9.10

That was the Infirmary when I was a student there. How very apt that they meet there now….endless supply of bandages and disinfectant I hope…..does Mullaney do Infirmary duties ? I won’t suggest his guise or disguise for such labour !!!Lol…Lol.

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https://apnews.com/article/europe-religion-connecticut-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-sexual-abuse-e2429a2048dc0da8b4abe9d6f173a226
Robert N., were you or were you not an enthusiastic continuing member of the “Legion” less than 25 years ago? 18 yrs ago? 14 yrs ago?
Have you or have you not told certain people in the last few days this was a fairly good thing?
Do you have comments in view of your own Connecticut (through the priory) links?
“It appears inconceivable to us, Holy Father, that our grave revelations and complaints mattered absolutely nothing to you,” Nov. 8, 1997.

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As a former pupil of the Christian brothers and st malachys college, I never witnessed any sexual abuse. However physical abuse was common place and the church rewarded a priestly tyrannt with an episcopal mitre and ring. The same man tried to cover up the sexual abuse of the now laicised James Donaghy.

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I have waited today to see if any of The Firm would allude to it. They have not done so. Do ye know that Montini sitting on his throne with all the ostrich feathers keeping him… well, cool😂😂…,. referred to all the priests leaving the priesthood at the time as “ Judas’” ; of course, they were all heterosexual. The cheek of him.

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I am not sure the next Taoiseach has made it to this Blog before; but may I compliment a woman I greatly and sincerely admire for her admonishing of The leader of FF on their complete ignorance of social deprivation in the Republic of Ireland.

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7.34
Yesterday in Dáil Éireann…. In the North they are so completely disingenuous… of course they are Roman Catholic!

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8.01pm “A Green has suggested” . I’m not sure this stands up to being evidence based information. What ‘green’ and what exactly have they suggested? The parties have agreed a memorandum of understanding. The Green Party would be wiped out if an election was held in 12 months (that is what you are ‘suggesting’).

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Leo Varadkar is still under Garda investigation. A Green has suggested it’ll be difficult to vote for him as Taoiseach if the investigation is still ongoing.

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Cistercian College Roscrea must be broke with the payments they have made. All in the region of €70,000. There were 9 students in my year who received payouts. Secrecy is king.

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8:38, the much maligned Enda Kenny got re-elected as Taoiseach. Leo chased the woke crowd. He lit a fire in the bellies of some of them to actually vote and they all voted for more “change”!

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Insurance companies usually pay. The dreadful deal done with the state and the orders years ago was terrible. The Government made a bad decision re mother and baby homes and orphanages

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Any news in County Tyrone? There’s usually quite a bit of action from an ‘adventurous’ cleric or two.

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Danny, I suppose it is a bit chilly for midnight adventures 😂😂😂 stick to lambing in the byre for now 🐑🐑🐑🐑

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There once was a man named nugent;
He said he could but he couldn’t.
He made the right noise
To rattle the boys,
But still said he could when he couldn’t.

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In my experience certain bishops in Northern Ireland are poor leaders, show men, and enjoy having younger clergy standing beside then for no reason 😂not to mention their wasteful and unjustified level of ambition.

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