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THE EASTER QUESTION – “WILL YOU STAY WHERE YOU ARE STUCK OR WILL YOU MOVE ON AND LIVE”?

Soon I will be 70 and I can dustinguis two distinct phases in my life.

THE FIRST STAGE – From my childhood until I was on the cusp of 40.

THE SECOND STAGE – From 40-ish until now.

As a younq man, deeply form by an all surrounding Irish Roman Catholicism, I was in a place of dark shadows.

Guilt, shame self-rejection, sense of sinfulness and unworthiness were the constant clouds in my daily sky.

And yet from the age of 4 wanting to be a priest.

And the strangling feeling that this horrible, sinful me could never be good enough and holy enough to be the perfect priests I watched going about.

This constant tension made childhood, schooling and even seminary a great daily struggle.

I was obviously extremely immature, conflicted.

Being expelled from one seminary before getting another, being ordained and seeing the clergy as they really are and eventually coming into conflict with authority caused questioning within and for reassessment.

And of course, the obvious place to start was with myself.

And so I engaged on a 5 year journey of spiritual and psychological exploration and was fortunate to meet the right people and have the right experiences.

And I found myself emerging into a new freedom that cast off inappropriate guilt and shame.

With that came self acceptance and a whole new way of seeing myself, others, faith, spirituality the Church and life.

I have often said that during the first half of my life I was stuck at Calvary.

And in the second half I moved to the Empty Tomb and Resurrection

A very valid question for us all at Easter is the question:

Am I stuck at some place of darkness, unhappiness and unfulfillment in my life?

And

How an I now prepared to move on from there and discover my very own version of the Empty Tomb?

CAROLE’S PROPERTY IN CLARE HAS BEEN ATTACKED

The home of “Carole”, the second woman to come forward who was involves with Fr Ger Fitzgerald has come under attack.

A window was broken the the property gates were interfered with.

This is the first time ever the property has been attacked.

A very worrying development.

The Gardai are investigating.

165 replies on “THE EASTER QUESTION – “WILL YOU STAY WHERE YOU ARE STUCK OR WILL YOU MOVE ON AND LIVE”?”

Sometimes we are placed in empty tombs by others, their guilt shaming, fat shaming, derogatory, effeminising of men’s names, abuse of power, shame, sexual abuse and unworthiness. We can make our tombs by our selfish, mean behaviour and remain imprisoned. Who will remove the stones from our tombs? People of integrity, of mercy, of kindness, of encouragement. Who will point us to new life of resurrection? Again, wise, caring and perceptive guides and pastors, parents, guardians, grandparents. The Risen Christ as is in the Eucharist to give us new life, new graces, new pathways. Can we grab these moments and be transformed and transfigured by the Risen Christ. We need Easter filled people among us.

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That’s terrible! About poor Carole. Tells me she was relating the truth about Ger.
As for you, Pat, I don’t mind admitting had I been a fellow seminarian of yours at 18 years of age, I’d bloody well have been drawn to you, God! You were cute as hell!!!
Letting you know, I have never given way to homosexual impulses, and I have suffered for it.
I hope God is mindful of this when I die.

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They are disgrace that church and Fitzgerald , once again Clare is on the map and not for the right reasons. Lovely bunch there so it seems.

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11:55pm We are not all the same in County Clare, more & more of us are going back to our Celtic Pagan roots with all the carry on down here. We are very grateful for Bishop Pat Buckley & his blog that keeps us updated – it’s like a daily Crimecall alert on RCC matters. I’m hoping he publishes a full list of MIAs soon in case they’d be lurking around Clare too. Honestly, you’d need eyes in back of your head in Clare.

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2.12
Ger Fitzgerald and Jerry Carey are suspended due to forthcoming canonical procedures. so c/o diocesan offices
Martin Blake and Patrick Gilbert are on Sabbatical at their request and Bishop Fintan had to grant the requests until June 2022 and with appointments in August.

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Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know what that’s about. I wonder what would happen if the church windows were smashed instead, how they would feel. This is a result of one the churches corrupt white collar gangster friends.

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These idiots have no idea the law suit coming there way, Fitzgerald is digging he’s own grave. Silly fool.

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11:58 Waste of time – Fitzgerald will plead poverty & is tight as a ducks arse, taking money & meals etc from these women he contacted in his role as priest. the stash of money he had in bank account has been retrieved by Bishop Monahan & Cleo Yates with no explanation to the people of the Diocese of Killaloe as to its origins & now no apology nor explanation why Church Mafia are allowed to go about harassing women and children in retribution for exposing wrong doing by clergy & their lay church supporters. Lugs will find a way to exonerate the Diocese of Killaloe from any responsibility in this mess – that’s his job as Bishop – don’t forget RCC is a business first & foremost. Religion aspect appears only to be the shop window that brings in funds as there’s clearly no respect, regard or empathy for parishioners as clearly demonstrated by Killaloe to Yvonne & Carole. You only have to look at the thousands of victims & survivors of church related abuse worldwide to see that they are a highly accomplished network of abusers that specialise in retraumatization by various methods including delaying tactics, character assassination, harassment & intimidation to name but a few as we’ve seen highlighted here and elsewhere by survivor support groups worldwide.

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Not many houses have plants growing inside, as this one. It must be very big indeed. Sorry to hear of Caroles ’s suffering. I hope Carole finds peace.

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@ 12:11 What kind of mind games are you trying to play? I’ve seen your unpublished comments which are frankly quite bizarre and leave me with the impression that you are somewhat deranged.

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Wishing All a Happy & Peaceful Easter & especially to Carole & Yvonne. Dreadful to see this damage to her property & hoping nothing was taken.

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Thank you very much. Happy Easter. I am hoping to see Yvonne later today for some Easter cheer 🐣🐰.

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@ 11:41 No clown. In the Big House where the same Protestant/Catholic family have lived for hundreds of years in dignity and in harmony with their tenants…Now off you go back to the circus.

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12:45am Fergal Blaney at The Mirror reporting that 87 Guards currently suspended for theft, drugs, assault and other offences.

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If they can behave like this over a blog how will Fitzgerald and he’s friends feel when it goes national ?
The whole country will know what he is and all the lies hes been spinning will comevavk to haunt him ,no other community or county will come to defend him.

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The moral of the story in all of this is to keep away from toxic clergy & their lay thugs they associate with but in The case of Yvonne & Carole, it clearly was Fr Fitzgerald that initiated contact with them under false pretences of helping homeless with Yvonne & history contact excuse with Carole. Both had access to money. Only a townie type would break a window with nettles growing through it, horrible and frightening for Carole & her children. I used to think claims of church related thuggery was a bit far fetched but it has all added up to the truth now.

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Well if there is a court case coming re the Ger saga, then all I can say is that by attacking her property they have made a bad situation into a worse situation. This won’t sit comfortably with the court.

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Beannachtaí na Cásca ort +Pat! I wish you and your readers a peaceful day!
The rain did not deter people from rising early on this Easter morning. Walk, walk in the light.
Pax.

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A very happy Easter Bishop Pat to you and all readers.
Thank you for the great job you do in exposing the hypocrites.

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Mulvhill and garngad lad yesterday comments as I had seen them.
Much appreciated re your comments as I wish you a very happy Easter.
Same too for all the readers of today blog as well.
Happy risen Easter 👋.

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Bishop Par, your summary of your 2 life stages and the resilience that you have discovered within yourself with appropriate help to overcome the RCC attempts to undermine & destroy you will I hope provide some comfort to Carole and to her children in their current and very difficult experiences in Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe & is an inspiration. Happy Easter to you all.

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@ 9:39 I did take comfort after reading about Bishop Pat’s life experience and I told him so privately. Thank you for the concern.

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You seem to subscribe, Pat, to the Whig view of history and the notion that people and society only improve over time. Often, far from getting better, societies and people can coarsen and degrade as time goes on. Constant vigilence is needed, for we know not the day nor the hour.

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Can we be certain as to what exactly happened to Carole’s home? There are its of cinclysuins being drawn based on hearsay and speculation which may be completely wrong. A coincidence in light of recent blogs? Perhaps it is just that!

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9:58am. A retired detective interviewed recently on a programme on RTE about an old murder case stated “in my experience when I examine cases, I don’t like coincidence”. At the very least someone is either trying to fit up Fitzgerald as let’s face it, Killaloe will put themselves first or someone thinking they can stir crap at no cost to themselves. Very nosy & intrusive types are Cathbots – think they can say & do as they please & with full support of clergy that they shielding. Toxic.

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It’s common sense , not hearsay or speculation, lay off the valume , y out might have a bit of cop on. you druggie !

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9.40
That’s not what he or she said. They said that it’s a mistake to claim that all development is an improvement. Clearly, an astute observation. Germany in moving from the 1930s to the 1940s was on a steep downward curve.

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You have to laugh at all the false Easter greetings today. Tomorrow they will all be back to square one tearing people apart.

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Stay strong Carole. Truth and justice will prevail no matter how much they try to cover up or intimidate you

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@ 10:02 Thanks. I lived in Israel for many years. I’m well adept at dealing with terror tactics so I will stand strong.

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Yes. Certainly the indigenous people of Occupied Palestine have been terrorized since 1946. A genocide in modern terms. They even were attacked at Al Aqsa the other day. Shocking

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@ 1:00 I would respectfully disagree with you on that viewpoint. I’ve got enough on my plate now. Don’t want to add any more to the mix.

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Priests will stick to what they know, they will only change when ousted or forced. Lay man – walk away now.

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The tank will get a parish priest post shortly as there are such a short supply. If he runs it like poppy runs St Pats then god help the parish.

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Pat how do you assign Priests their nicknames, what do you base them on? I do find them funny you naughty chap.

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How did Tony save Eugenes life? Is Eugene the one that took a hypo and Tony saved him? Or are they two separate priests?

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Interesting blog today. I know I spout the same rhetoric, but I have only your best interests at heart. Please don’t stay and wallow. Leave and thrive. I do not know why William Mulvihill keeps attacking me on this blog either. I have nothing but respect for you William. Happy Easter all.

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I said he was raving in an endearing way. I don’t know why it was taken as an insult.

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(Still in good standing) priest at 4:45 demonstrating the usual cathbot communication skills. It parallel when a priest abuses your child and they all whine it’s your fault you can’t get over it.
Priest, I rather think you were drunk when you made that comment, you let out your real self rather than the constructed facade for the blog.
No surprise it wasn’t at all nice

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Thst’s true. The expression was, as I recall, ‘like me, a raving homosexual’.
It was just a flamboyant exaggeration to emphasise the sexuality of both persons as a sign of personal pride and self-acceptance rather than shame.

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Ger Fitzgerald’s cohorts reach a new and despicable low if true.
The question I ask is what is hoping to achieve? This only adds to the strife.
Carole – is there any sign of the rest of your cash coming?

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@ 12:21 At this point in time I am focusing on my recovery from narcissistic/clerical abuse at the hands of GF. The slander story involving GF & his cousin (the independent priest) will not be forgotten. I will not sit idly by and allow others to defame my name.

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And so Carole can wait
She knows it’s too late
As we’re walking on by
Her soul slides away
But don’t look back in anger
I heard you say

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1:23pm Ah Yes, the old story of the auld slander shrouds & their aul church Mary’s & franks in their aprons & pee jays – spreading any aul shite to suit their only agenda to cover up for the cabal.

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Fr Todd you are a right ould woman. You seem to love the bit of gossip and thrive on it. I’d say you have little to nothing going on in your own life somehow. I certainly hope that the culprit is found for any damage done to Caroles property but you are a real pain in the arse with all of your comments, fishing for newsl all the time. Get a life for yourself. There should be no fingers pointed and unkind comments made without proof of who has done this damage. . .

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2:25pm Easter Blessings & Prayers for all victims and survivors deceased and living of RCC related abuse worldwide. Praying for more to find the strength to come forward to Bishop Pat. It’s tough on here when you see how Carole is treated by them & remember we don’t see the half of this vicious clerical venting because Bishop Pat moderates to minimise distress for victims.

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Great show in Armagh last night for the Easter Vigil. 10/10 recommend. Singing of the Exsultet was top notch.

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@ 1:40 Lovely response couched in beautiful language and stunning rhetoric…. It’s never too late to expose a fake.

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5:05pm many of them featuring on here are none too fussy WHERE they do it either – altars, seaside, don’t know how they can keep a straight face saying mass & their cronies dishing out the holy host. I’m done with Mass now after seeing this blog & finding out the truth – it’s altar possibly not hygenic & it’d be impossible to keep a straight face when they start spouting about things they not keeping to themselves. Sad but true.

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2:38pm Some of them have girlfriends & a few with even more notions about themselves are swingers. No wonder they are recruiting so many lay pastorals to do the boring stuff.

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Happy Easter to Dermot Farrell of Dublin. I blogged here some months ago that he has been the best appointment to Dublin since Walsh. Walsh used to under disguise go into the streets of the city….to help I think……I have the sense that Dermot Farrell is similar ! In fact, with a glance….I am almost sure it was him. I was edified. Regards to Michael Smith…always had regard for him ( except his disregard and derision for priests who left…). The Exultet on YOUTUBE in Cebuano version ( in Visayan) is worth a listen….to Eduardo Bishop Pat.

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Ce Yano! Never heard of that tongue before. Now I am absolutely enchanted even though the only word I knew was Amen. Many thanks for mentioning this, Mr. M!

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That’s old news, sure they fell out before Christmas over a complaint that arrived in Lisbreen. David didn’t think Eugene handled it too well but I am sure they will rekindle for 💰

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I don’t think they were ever friends and the music venture was just business. Eugene is more friends with MBE Holywood.

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I really feel for Carole. She is being targeted by the RCC. I have fallen for a priest and I am now fearful for my future. Carole, I hope if I need advice in future you will be there for me if needed.

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@ 3:41 I find it difficult at times to determine whether comments on this blog are genuine or deliberately fabricated in an attempt to undermine me. If you are sincere, then send in more details about your situation to Pat and he can let me know.

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3:41pm Do not be afraid Lad, the Cloe Yates and Fintan Monahan equivalents in your Diocese will no doubt take care of things – no doubt your parents are devout regulars attendees & basket fillers – you’d be safer with the Get Behind Me Satan Brigade on Here!! It’s not too late – Come On Over, you’ve taken the first good step in finding Bisho p Pats Blog.

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You made your bed now lie in it, time and time again people have been warned about how dangerous a Priest scorned is.

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Wee scared dude wasn’t that scared when you were hopping into bed with a man married to God. Hope he beats you

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3.41: God help the priest but I suspect it’s all fantasy for you, silly cow. Can’t you see what happened to Carole, the virgin? Everything went south and not her way…thus her horrible vengeance and vindictiveness…Stop chasing down priests.

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Bishop Patrick Buckley was a huge loss to the RCC…..for he is in his being a priest and really good man ( notwithstanding his sundering of priests….but where does one begin and end with the redress of the harm they do…..only excelled by the criminal cover up of bishops , whom Michael Woods calculatingly got off the hook, the judicial hook.) They could do worse than giving him a public hearing of how they tried to destroy him in defiance of the Gospels they claim to serve. All cultures of note have Resurrection though Christianity is singular in the Human Divine Encounter.

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William, I also believe you are one of the greatest losses the RCC has had. I believe you to be humble and your intellect always impresses me. I love your contribution to Pats blog.

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Eugene Sweeney is having a difficult time with Stephen Wilson . Wilson has relapsed again. Pat this time is more extreme 🫂🏳️‍🌈

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I can not believe Wilson found anyone to fall in love with him, he is the spitting image of Paul o’grady

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The Church of Rome is getting the moral calibre of clergy it thoroughly deserves; hence the Stephen Wilsons.
The Sheep should be bleating, very loudly indeed, at this affront to God, but they remain silent. Through their silence they are morally complicit in the slow yet relentless erosion of faith.

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5:12pm They are falling in twos in Killaloe – see Carey & Fitzgerald

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3.44 Eugene Sweeney has integrity by Lemniscate ( a company man nevertheless but integrity to his fingertips). The only reason Gates was taken into Ara Coeli was Cathal Daly could not get the gossip out of Eugene Sweeney, an honourable man.

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Will Fr.Eugene Sweeney ever be Bishop, his name is around for A long time, as is Fr.Niall Coll Raphoe. They are same class as Bishop Denis Nulty. 1988.

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Is Rory living with some physio? How does he get away with that? Yet if I look at a black person I’m accused of being a racist by Lisbreen? The inequalities amongst clergy are rife.

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Why did he hang in so long in the end? His cousin is looking re-elected as an MLA – Pat Sheehan – for Sinn Fein and is so pro abortion, you would wonder if they get on well or not.

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Yes if you have heard any rumours about any clergy, regardless of how whacky it is, leave a message on here

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Yes it is a blog which highlights concerns. It also gives a ridiculous amount of time to clergy trolls bitching at each other and anyone else they’ve got their claws into, leaving ridiculous comments to discredit the veracity of the blog and trying to put off commenters who actually have something to say.

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5.50: Why, Pat, do you rejoice at repeating ugly, nasty, derogatory and demeaning comnents? You’ve tolerated the same bowl of s***e all Holy Week – printing the ad nauseam hateful commentary from the usual suspects…Does it give you joy? Where is your Risen Christ new life??? Still locked in a tomb, sadly.

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I think all priests should be fitted with body cams that are linked up to the Bishops office so they can be kept on surveillance because the behaviour of all of them is utterly unbelievable.

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Bishop Fleming once made it conditional for his seminarian(s) to present their bank statement and account for all outgoings.

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Very reasonable as a bishop hardly wants to start out with lecherous, drunk or gambling priests, even if some might end up that way, but a bit intrusive. Oh well.

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Holy Week, the most important and busiest time of the week for us.
Still no let up from Lisbreen.
That lazy git Gerard Fox on the phone with a complaint from a parishioner. Treanor needs to grow a set of balls and place that wee smug twirp into the busiest parish he can.

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Despite the attempts of some people at character assassination of Deacon Stephen Wilson he continues to thrive and advance on his journey in the church. Recommended viewing for the begudgers is the recording of the Easter Vigil from Armagh. Stephen was front and centre as lead Cantor and carried out his duties with dignity and reverence under the eye of Archbishop Martin. Well done Stephen and we look forward to your ordination.

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Pat have you seen any of the seminarians in Maynooth? Crisis, not one is a looker. Priesthood must be the ugliest occupation out there. Truly

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It is the only vocation which requires you to have a penis as its only requirement and requires that you will pretend not to use it sexually as a sort of optional side requirement. That ain’t gonna attract your James Deans and Marlon Brandos.

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Have a look at the FSSP Deacon from Wales, due to be ordained in the summer. Absolutely enrapturing, he sure gives ‘Gorgeous’ MJB a run for his money!

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6:18pm Probably locked himself into one of those beehive things they have in the grounds & threw away the key
🐝 🔐 🔑

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The “Stay or Go” dilemma applies to many of the laity now increasingly disenchanted by the RCC ‘s actions, and by extension, to the religious beliefs of their indoctrinated youth. With maturity, the shortcomings and futility of the whole religious franchise seems to have become apparent as meaningful religious observance has widely diminished simply to communal observance of the rites of passage.
The “Stay or Go” dilemma poses more complex considerations for clerical practitioners. Their most significant consideration are the implications of disengagement from their employment organisation, the RC institution, an employer now representing a stifling corrosive cancer. As the RCC ‘s true nature manifests itself, many clerics question the relevance of their clerical role, and like the laity, it’s foundational basis in religious beliefs.
The extent to which such questioning manifests itself in practical action, quitting and getting out, is inevitably affected, on the one hand by practical considerations of the loss of employment and financial security, and on the other hand, by the ‘feel-good’ compensation of pastoral service with community recognition.
Hard choices are never easy.
“Excellence is never an accident……It represents the wise choice of many alternatives, -choice, not chance determines your destiny ” Aristotle.
MMM

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6.41: MMM – the eternal broken record. Same chapter and verse as the last 50 days. What repetituveness!. Mick, get a life. Perhaps it can be said that your atheism is utterly boring, empty and unfulfilling since you are forever on about Religious Belief. You certainly can’t say that RELIGIOUS FAITH is boring or disinteresting…Wonder how much have you written about atheism? Shit all.

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What’s the logical connection between a Catholic’s being “disenchanted by the RCC’s actions and, by extension, to the religious beliefs of his indoctrinated youth”? How does that work?
Such disenchantment, as your very sentence states, is with BEHAVIOUR, not with religious beliefs. This should have told you that the bit about religious beliefs was a non-sequitur. Well, it might have done, had you been paying attention.

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The most prudent thing he can do in this scenario is keep his unhelpful mouth shut…..no utterances whatsoever…..Kevin Doran and what constitutes sin and the need for confession ( same sex referendum) is iconic of how a RC Prelate contributes to Homosexual abuse in its myriad forms…including from his own mouth. Silence Sir !!!!

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Bishop Kevin Doran, let me be crystal clear to you and your Islamic zealots, you and your christian hate are responsible for the complicity in crime against people who you have the audacity to class as ” different,” I have the same blood in mu veins as you or any of your Imman class. I am not different. It is you and your creed who have instigated the distinction. Own up to your “hate,” you and your church!!! Bill Mulvihill

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That jug eared Iranian or Kurd seems responsible for the Sligo atrocity not +Kevin Doran. As for Islam, its hostility to gays is on another level. A gay man in Iran of the mullahs can find himself choosing between forced transgenderism or being publicly hanged from the telescopic arm of a crane. That wretch didn’t leave that attitude behind him.

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The legality of the utterances of Bishop Kevin Doran under the Irish Constitution need to be addressed; Was he in compliance with the law when he said that anyone who voted yes in the same sex marriage referendum needed to go to confession, or was that tantamount to hate speech ? He and his ilk christian or islamic ?

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