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STOLEN WATERFORD € 70,000 REPORTED TO GARDA AND IRISH CHARITIES REGULATOR.

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On Thursday I reported the diocese of Waterford and Lismore to the Garda and the Irish Charities Regulator.

Waterford is registered as Charity Number 20010751.

The Regulator has the power to investigate any irregularities with regard to a charity’s funds.

It also has the power to investigate misbehaviour or failure of duty on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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*** I have been informed that the Garda in Waterford have already begun an investigation.

Therefore we must be circumspect about how much we say.

ALPHONSUS CULLINAN, as bishop,  is the senior trustee of this charity.

He is also the one who is accused of keeping the theft of the € 70,000 from the authorities and allowing the priest to pay the money back  secretly over a 14 year period.

THE € 17,700 IN GER FITZGERALD’S BANK ACCOUNT.

FINTAN
GER SHOWING HIS BANANA

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Dear Chief Superintendent Colleran,

I am corresponding with you about a possible serious matter in your division.

Am amount of € 17,700 was sitting in a bank account belonging to the Reverend Ger Fitzgerald of Ennis, currently residing at Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Limerick.

A close friend of Rev Fitzgerald – a Mr Xxxxx  Xxxxxx currently residing at Sixmilebridge Co. Clare- telephone number 087 90 XXXXXX – claims that the money does not belong to Rev Fitzgerald but to another party.

Mr Xxxxxx says that he has given all the information about this money to Bishop Fintan Monahan of Ennis.

My Xxxxxx claims that the money is no longer in the Rev Fitzgerald’s account.

I have no idea where the money currently is.

It is my hope that Bishop Monahan has informed the Garda of this situation?

My fear is that the money might be the proceeds of crime?

Sincerely yours,

(Bishop) Pat Buckley

0044 7488 374364

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I’ve also been informed that the Garda looking into this matter.

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Very often on this blog we concentrate on the sexual scandals and corruptions in the RCC.

But we must never forget that financial corruption is at least as common as sexual corruption in the RCC. In fact financial corruption may be even more common.

We have the two cases above under consideration currently.

In Down and Connor some time ago Fr ConlethByrne was convicted of giving a woman £ 145,000 from the parish of Loughlinisland.

He was given a suspended sentence and went to live in Portglenone Cistercian Monastery.

Fr Byrne died earlier this month. RIP.

There have been many cases of priests around the globe stealing small and very large sums of church money.

182 replies on “STOLEN WATERFORD € 70,000 REPORTED TO GARDA AND IRISH CHARITIES REGULATOR.”

Pat, do you expect any Gardai authority to believe your story or to examine the said monies in accounts mentioned? Aside from any issues of illgotten money or misappropriation of money from parish accounts, do you believe you have a right to do what you are doing, considering it’s third party information you’re relying on? There will always be thieves where money is not properly accounted for. I know that and three of the worst cases of theft I ever witnessed and discovered were by non clerics: schools and parishes. Horrendous theft over a period of years. Gardai were informed…and charges brought against perpetrators. All money in any priests account is now traceable and when completing revenue forms for tax, all income and expenditure has to be given to your accountant. Our tax files are subject to revenue auditing which I’ve had done twice in 46 years. Also, if a priests receives a gift/legacy/donation, this must be made known to your accountant. Usually in receipt of a legacy gift of money a form has to be signed acknowledging receipt of money and you are morally obliged to forward this information to your accountant.

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It’s a priest torn between wanting to make out everyone has their hands in the till and wanting to make out it can’t happen, 8:27. Their increasingly desperate posturing as the facade crumbles, is very funny indeed.

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8.27: I’m neither naive nor crooked. Your comment is ridiculous. Utterly so. I have years of experience to know what I’m talking about, fool!

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You don’t need an accountant to file a tax return, false rubbish. Self assessment can be done by one self.

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8:46am Well Said – false rubbish is right – I’ve come to the conclusion since finding this blog that clergy literally have someone to wipe their bum for them at every turn. Teams of sheep to do everything. No doubt they also have accountants to fill in forms – God Forbid doing a bit of paperwork would eat into their time for all their Grinder time & extra curricular activities. 10:08 makes me laugh – since when did RCC do anything they were “morally” obliged to do, they sometimes even foster close relationships with law to circumvent being held to account.

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8.29 I agree 💯
Fitzgerald claimed I was a druggie and that I have a dealer , in messages to others, I have all the proof, even though I don’t take drugs, certainly don’t have a dealer and he knows damn well I don’t.
Ironic for it to come out he has acquired UNAUTHORISED funds illegally that he had to give back and he has been buying drugs for other people and illegally taking valume from parishioners. Proof of all this too at my diposal. Hes at himself all along.
he is a despicable disgraceful man, he has lost alot of associates and close friends over he’s behaviour and attitude regarding this situation over the last 12 months.
You see people’s true colours when there backs are up against the wall.
Fitzgerald always was/still is a …knob !

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8.46: Its my way of filing my tax rerurns – through an accountancy firm – a more honest, thorough way of engaging with revenue. I have no difficulties with my arrangements.

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Loads of people (including me, a layman) use accountants to do their tax returns. Leave it to the experts, I say, plus it is giving a bit of work to someone.

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10:28 telling lies about others to suit their own agenda has always been a well used modus operandi of priests & their pets & cronies. Just look at the load of tosh Fr Ger Fitzgerald c/o Killaloe Diocese fed the newspapers years ago when they were covering up for Maynooth. His clerical & lay cronies might be scattering in all directions now like scalded rats because as you & Carole have shown, he is clearly and completely publicly proven to be lacking in any credibility whatsoever. It doesn’t change what they did or are though, well able to stick boot in any opportunity they know they can get away with it, leopards don’t change their spots. Carey & Fitzgerald have attracted much unwanted attention to Killaloe.

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Well done Pat. I also think a group ahould be started to expose disgrace in Armagh Archdiocese. A family member is reeling from shocking treatment. You seem to be the only one prepared to speak out.

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Yes. The church is really driven by money and power. The mere fact it doesn’t publish Vatican accounts says that – that’s if they can even begin to locate all the funds stashed away across Europe. It’s another body which could end world hunger tomorrow (for only the $6bn the UN told Elon Musk it would cost) but doesn’t.
Pro life my arse.

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I wonder if they’ve sold the various homes they bought for abusive monks – the ones that got caught so couldn’t stay at the abbey, that is.

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Well done on all accounts +Pat.
Each of the matters reported to the Gardaí should be easy to explain if legitimate.

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Are you going to be brave Pat when exposing others and name in public the person who it is alleged to have taken the money in W&L. Maybe it was just like in Fr. Ted, the money was resting his his account.

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1:17am it’s an understandable reaction to Killaloe for poor ole Luggs! First when he realised where he’d been landed, his hair would have stood on end – as time has gone on & with all the carry on there – even his hair is getting the message & trying to run away. 🤣

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Tight arses ….
Fitzgerald should be ashamed of himself, how could Monaghan allow all of this to go on ….

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Fintan looks like he’s about ready to take flight with those 👂
I’ll give a tennor to the first person to guess with finger Ger uses to pick he’s with ?

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Of course, no one wants to see Phonsie, Fintan, or Ger end up in Mountjoy, but these sorts of things have to be looked into. Presumably, they have no previous convictions.

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Many receive suspended sentences if it’s a first offence. Others like Dom Mark Kirby are completely exonerated, although Mark subsequently slipped away quietly to Holland accompanied by two effete young men by all accounts.

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Boris Becker is in the England equivalent of Mountjoy. His fame didn’t save him, his greed, money escapades and arrogance put himself behind bars.

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Poor Father Byrne. At worst, he was just incredibly naive and gullible. Too trusting. Too willing to give the benefit of doubt to others.

He at one time had mental health issues. Clinical depression, I believe. Underwent electro-convulsive therapy.

Rest in peace,Father Byrne.

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God works in mysterious ways. Thank you God our heavenly father for the courage of Pat who is opening our eyes to what is hidden.

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Don’t be upset Carole you didn’t get to sleep with him, it’s clear as day Fitzgerald is gay , he’s dreaming of bananas while he’s with you. ..

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I wish to remind people who commented on yesterdays blog.
Father Rinder has not made anything of himself, he may have obtained an MBE, that means nowt.
He is a priest, that’s more of a shameful profession.
He should stick to singing lullaby’s in Botanic Gardens.

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Les Cochran author of “Thievery” traces the evolution of the thievery scandal in the American Catholic Church, year-by-year, from 2002, until its peak in 2018. Cochran uses actual news stories to document the types of financial mismanagement perpetrated by unethical priests and staff members. THIEVERY is also now a documentary based upon the collection of ninety-seven (non-sex abuse) cases uncovered through his comprehensive investigation of legal cases, newspaper stories, and articles reported from over those 16 years.

Thievery: Catholic Church Exposed!
by Les Cochran (Author).

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So this is how it works. The parish priest has the parish card. He goes to the supermarket, fills up his trolley, doesn’t even look at the prices, and it’s always brand names. Also, the booze goes into the trolley. There is no budget – all expenditures are listed in the accounts as housekeeping. He also has access to the Sunday collection and skims off what he wants for restaurants, pubs and maybe the odd sauna visit. He regularly receives crispy handshakes and no thought of declaring that as income as they are ‘gifts’. The crafty ones inveigle themselves into the lives of the elderly and lonely in the hope of receiving a legacy under their Will. He never has to worry about the cost of living, Council tax and energy bills as they are all paid for by him. His salary pays for his frequent holidays to warm destinations and stylish lay clothes. It’s all one big con, and there is zero financial accountability for RC priests. Also, they blow a gasket when visiting Indian and African priests muscle in and try to solicit funds directly from parishioners.

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My late wife and I always seen clergy using a parish credit card to pay for group meals in various eating houses. How do I know that you ask? My wife was quite pushy and went up to see the card when it was presented for payment at the till. She then went outside to see the drunken clergy get in their cars and drive off whilst making a note of the car registrations.

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11.04
Not credible, Walter (Mitty). A widower accustomed to regular fine dining would never be so poorly educated as to confuse the past tense with a past participle as you have done here. What motivates such frequent prevarication?

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12.41
Are you one of the offending priests that you’d attempt to deflect our attention with an irrelevant trifle?

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12.55
It’s with such trifles as these, (You didn’t intend the pun.) that fakes and fraudsters are caught.
I’m not in Holy Orders.

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11.04: My late wife and I is back. You idiot. You are an absolute foil and deserve all the opprobrium spewed at you. You must be living a most horrible life with no joy or contentment. If you treated your wife in the way you speak here, let’s just say, she’s in a better place. Tomorrow while dining andwining, be careful of karma. Mind those chicken bones!!!

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11:33am no wonder they have secret properties & sunny holiday homes in far flung exotic locations where they can indulge their vices & party to their hearts content far away from the eyes of their frozen pensioners in Blighty putting money aside for them every week. Not only RomCom scandals – looks like some of them rob the parish for the odd €70k here & there then when they get blackmailed & Bishop brush it under carpet. Unreal.

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@12.41pm My late wife and I mostly enjoyed a carvery. If a carvery is now regarded as “fine dining” as you yourself put it then we are guilty as charged. Did we upset you in some way in the past by observing you filling your face with food and booze and using the collection money to pay for it?

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11.41
How do you know the bishop brushed it under the carpet? Do you know whether the person in question is in ministry?

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5.19
No. I said at 1.50 I’m not in Holy Orders. I haven’t been ordained in the meantime.

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11.33
I imagine it would be highly unlikely that a parish account would pay for a priest’s personal expenses. Most purchases are accompanied by receipts and bank statements are comprehensive. And parish finance committees meet regularly to review them.

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How many parishes have finance councils? If they do, it’s usually the PP and a couple of his cronies. Is a parish Council going to stop a PP from going near the collection plate? I was slipped an envelope with 5k through the confessional and told it was for the ‘priests training fund’. I handed it to the PP and said a reference to the anonymous donation should be made in the bulletin. I may have got away with pocketing it.

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2:20pm. Most parish councils are made up of local PP & his carefully selected crony self interested Freemason types.

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2.20
Is that what Fr Vincent McKinney did at St Peter’s presbytery when £16,000 in an envelope was pushed through the letterbox? Pocketed it?

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If a parish has no parish council, highly unlikely in these days, the PP is an autocrat.
If a parish has a parish council, the members are cronies of the PP and worse.
All is yellow to the jaundiced eye.

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I’m surprised the Clare county councillor has not been mentioned on this given her affiliation with Fitzgerald.
Is there a way I can get in touch with you pat, Ennis is very corrupt. You have no idea what the authority figures get up too.

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11:36am Was that one of the councillors featured on RTE show that investigated the local authority expense claims all around Ireland? All them types stuck together with dodgy clerics like glue.

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@11:36 The former mayor of Clare promoted Fr. Ger and the Lantern “Light the Night”campaign on her social media page in 2020. Does she know that Fr. Ger doesn’t give a f#%k about the two women he was involved with who suffered from depression/suicidal thoughts because of his treatment of them? The do gooders should start doing their good deeds without the cameras rolling…

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Follow the money with the RCC it’s their biggest vice alongside its preponderance of active homosexuals (being a homosexual isn’t the problem its the hypocrisy and their homophobia that’s the problem).
Property and secret private wealth is their ting!!
The property scandal in Chelsea just the tip of mighty iceberg (1/3 of a billion).
You heard of skimming off the top – that’s what they do – it’s a cash only business.
Clergy in positions of power love to flaunt their Company Cards – Freud would have a field day – Big Wallet equals – go figure.
The laity should be ashamed for funding their lifestyles and corruption.
Here’s the thing – every bishop and every priest thinks of the money as their own regardless that their registered charities – they bang on about regulation blah blah but they know the tricks and know how to secrete, hide, launder and move the cash around!!
Birmingham
Westminster
Manila
New York
Low Angles
Some years ago they jailed a Deacon in Birmingham for fraud – he inveigled his way into an old parishioners life and changed his will so he got £65,000.
They buried that story and as fast as they could!!
Tale after tale, story after story;
Follow the money it’s all about the money.

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Should the badly organised archdiocesan groups, covert prelatures and pretend orders bank the funds offshore which they collect in junior suffragan dioceses (amidst salacious talk by old ladies)? What really is the purpose why archdiocesan interlopers operate in these locations and why do they have foreign connections?

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Friend of Tony Blair and Anne Widdecombe and priest to the stars, Fr Michael Seed, transferred £35,000 from a charity set up in his Order’s name to some Chinese woman and then couldn’t explain why when rumbled. But obviously for her to transfer it back to him. No action was taken except banishment to Swansea.

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BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
BBC4 tonight 30/4. Fact based drama of three men dismantling the code of silence protecting a priest’s abuse of them years ago. Could be interesting. A two hour ten mins film starting at 9pm.
MMM

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When you can find a social work department accused of torture by the United Nations you might have a comparison. 🤣

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1.05pm, would that be the UN Human Rights Council, of which Cuba, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the US and the UK have been members? 😂🇬🇧🇷🇺🇨🇳🇨🇺🇸🇦🇦🇫🇺🇸🤣

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2:44 Yes. We’re not all trolls and some people try to be useful members of society instead of on their computer in their mothers basement.

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Anything that exposes the utter uselessness, hypocrisy, roguery, and perversion of RC priests could be nothing but interesting.
I’ll tune in with self-contentment, crisps, and alcohol-free beer. (Is there such a thing as alcohol – free brandy? 🤔 Just wonderin’, like. 😀)

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1.01
Pat, I responded to this comment. The author gets away with it. Some havd said here they know the identity of Magna Carta. Who is he?

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5:52 There have been repeated claims of people knowing his identity and threats of repercussions for commenting here. He actually challenged these moral weaklings to name him and of course there was a dead silence.
Did I mention you literally can’t believe a word any priest in good standing says?

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Fr Thomas Doyle is currently writing another book on Vatican corruption. A friend told me here in the States that he is writing about your incarceration by Pope Francis within the Vatican. Have you helped him in this chapter of his book? Can’t wait to read the book.

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Does anyone know is ger still a priest or has he resigned? Heard he had moved to Dublin and working as a porter.

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12.21
No he has NOT resigned as he thinks he is still innocent and thinks this is a witch hunt.
Bishop Fintan can only ask or advise him to consider resigning but that does not look like happening.
Bishop Fintan will need to take both Ger and Jerry through the Canonical process so both stay on the payroll.
You cannot give Character References is they are not accurate so both will struggle to get references.

The second any of them resign they will be removed immediately from the diocesan web site.

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12:22pm how can he possibly think this is a witch hunt when he is proven to have abused his position as an ordained priest & instigated contact for personal gain of a financial and sexual nature with at least 2 vulnerable Killaloe parishioners that we know of. It is these women who are the victims of the witch hunt he started not the other way around. What an absolutely arrogant and self entitled narcissist he is.

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what would you put in a reference – failed to live a celibate life? Hardly pertinent information for a lay job. Lets be fair about this – many people have one night stands, bitter ex-girlfriends, dysfunctional relationships. Even rumours about weed are not relevant as I suspect in the real world someone on most interview boards will have smoked a joint. If it is one thing you learn in ministry, it is that the world is full of people struggling – but as a lay person Ger is still entitled to earn a living. In truth the biggest difference between Ger and others is that hitherto he has ministered in public therefore we think know his specific failings. The reality is that work places are full of people with similar failings, affairs, recreational drug use, dysfunctional behaviours etc etc etc. Nobody is perfect.

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8.26
Holy Goat, I have disagreed strenuously with you recently. In this instance, I’m in full agreement. In an Ireland where adultery and other forms of sexual promiscuity are everyday occurrences, this blog’s readership expects clergy, especially the younger ones, not to be affected by the culture they were born and reared in.
I would suspect the more loudly, the more vociferously and the more disgustingly that readers comment here about priests and bishops, the more likely it is they are projecting their own lifestyles onto them and seeking to create scapegoats of them. In short, we ourselves can prostitute ourselves on a daily basis, but we expect our clergy to be as white as the driven snow and when they are not, well just take up the blog and read.

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@12:22 Interesting that Fr. Ger Fitz hasn’t resigned yet he has been sending out his CV to potential employers—he sent me a copy of it once by email. I wouldn’t worry about his character references; the man knows how to manipulate to get what he wants…He has listed as his references two people from the Ennis Parish office, one school teacher and one very well know convenience shop owner in Ennis. I wonder if Fintan knows about Fr. Ger using character references from his own Parish office? Did Fintan give his consent? 🧐

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4.01
Ger Fitzgerald’s thinking it seems is that he is a victim of this blog and it is only one side of the story that we all know through this blog.
It maybe immoral but there is nothing in Canon Law to stop him being a Priest it is the case that Bishop Fintan does NOT want him in the Diocese of Killaloe but some clergy are standing by Ger.
Jerry Carey thinks after his counselling that he should be on the appointments list in June to take effect from September but it seems again Bishop Fintan is saying No but Jerry has his fan club and that includes clergy so it will be down to Bishop Fintan.
Bishop Fintan has shockingly to use Canon Law against Ger and Jerry and hopefully it will come out on Bishop Fintan’s favour as Ger and Jerry are NOT walking away.

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Thanks for the info from Killaloe.

Ger Fitz has a mental age of about 10 and thinks the world owes him a living. He’s a sponger as well and taking dosh from women, shocking. A clear case for the road.

Jerry Carey is a different level though. Pulling his wire in public and he taking teenage girls on school trips. He shouldnt be near a flock of geese again, let alone a pastoral flock.

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We are not walking away either. determination is just as strong if not stronger than their faith.

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5:59pm Bullshit, neither of them would pass Police Vetting – an essential requirement for role of priest & school Chaplin – by their own knowing & deliberate actions, they have both knowingly made themselves unfit for office – in the real world that means instant dismissal without grounds for appeal. If a teacher was arrested for public exposure & engaging in a lewd act in a public place, they’d not work in a school again yet Carey was listed as school Chaplin until recently. These 2 priests must have friends in very high places indeed, how can they have more authority than Bishop & priests that are lobbying for Carey & Fitzgerald should be urgently identified as they are effectively condoning the wrongdoing carried out by Carey & Fitzgerald.

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11.42 Ger Fitzgerald does not have a criminal record and would pass a Police vetting. His crimes are ‘civil’ even though his behaviour towards women is turbulent to say the least.

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@5:59 Let’s talk about suicide awareness. Fr. Ger knew about Y.‘s suicide attempt and laughed it off in a message to me. When I told him about my own suicidal thoughts due to his callous treatment of me, he ignored the msg and next day went out to cafe with his lady friend even though he had said to me that he was sick. Ger claims that he is responsible for organising a fundraising project for suicide awareness in Ennis (2020). I am appealing to the non-clergy who read this blog: Please do not let Fr. Ger be involved with suicide awareness projects! He has no empathy for the women that he has hurt…the very same women who have struggled with their mental health because of the toxic effects of his behaviour towards them. I realise that Ger’s narcissistic personality prevents him from feeling any empathy towards the women he has hurt, but in all fairness, he should not be involved with suicide awareness projects when he himself ignores and gaslights women who feel suicidal.

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8.26 and 9.30
No one is saying that Ger and Jerry should not make a living, far from it as they are entitled to make a living.
However Ger has decided to cling on and take the Dioceses of Killaloe to a canonical Trail that costs thousands and his victim will be asked to come and give evidence.
Ger and Jerry should walk away they know fine it costs thousands for trails and more so if it has to go to Rome.
They want to hang on to their salaries for as long as they can and it may take years but it is their choice.
Surely they must know there is NOT a Parish or Ministry in the RCC that they could be appointed to.
Yes they are entitled to work for a living but they should man up and walk away.

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@12:29 Fr. Ger says that he worked as a linen porter, accommodations assistant in a hotel and a store operator in a factory 😇.

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No.
But did you read the bit about his blessing a sick calf? If I had a sick calf, I’d call the vet, not a priest.
There is superstition, too much of it, bound up with Roman Catholicism.

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1.42
Soooo, 🤔… you are okay with Phonsie’s not reporting to the Garda what appears to be a very serious criminal offence?😗
That would explain your criticism of Pat. 😎

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@1:58: Well after all, isn’t that what Roman Catholicism really consist of?
I quote two definitions for superstition: “excessively credulous belief in and reverence for the supernatural ”
&: “a widely held, but irrational belief in supernatural influences….”
‘nuf said.
MMM

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2.11: Pat, you fail to see your the destructiveness of your own language. Your harrassment, hounding after and stalking of bishops is a “despising”. You certainly dont, if ever, express anything positive. Your daily attacks on Bishop Cullinan is abhorrent and your language is that of a thug. You need to reflect a little more honestly and deeply through the lens of the gospel before you bulldoze people into the ground. Your criticisms are valid, needed and necessary but you go way beyond what is acceptable. You do “despise” your named enemies and that’s almost the entire Catholic presbyterate. Don’t fool us or yourself.

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3.58: I said nothing of the sirt whuch yiu atttubute to me. I netely expresded my condemnation of the comtinuum of derogatory ridicule and disdain which Pat displays towards Bishop Cullinane. Don’t interpret comments to suit your anti church agenda. Don’t be contaminated by the poison of this blog. The usage of language is often an indication of a person’s true mindset. Sadly, Pat’s verbiage is destructively insulting and denigratory of Bishops, all too frequently.

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Just once in a while it is nice to see a story about a good priest on social media. Today I came across the diocese of Elphin Facebook page and it showed pictures of a memorial parishioners had erected in memory of a beloved PP Fr Martin Mulvaney. It consisted of three beautiful stone armchair benches and a table with inscriptions on the seats. One of the scripts was a well known quotation from W B Yeats…”Cast a cold eye on life on death. Horseman pass by.”which was probably a favourite of the late priest.
There were 35 comments all of which were in praise of the priest and the memorial with one exception. Our friend Robert Nugent who wrote…”Beautiful. But maybe a catholic inscription? Instead of that of a occultist “. (sic) Poor Robert. As my grandmother used to say ….Always the bitter word

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1.47
Your final sentence is apt. It’s high time for a moratorium on the individual in question for the next decade. 2032 will be time enough to hear crom or about him again.

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You don’t want nice comments about priests (which are numerous all over the internet from members of the cult), you want to stop truthful comments in this one of the few places they’re allowed.

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1.47
Robert’s wistfully hankering after an Ireland that is long deceased. ⚰️Let him be: he’s in mourning. 😢

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2.14: RN is in “mourning” and “moaning” about all things modern. He should find a Latin Mass Association and stay with it as it appears to offer him the spiritual solace and certainties he craves. There is a beauty and mystery abiut Latin and the chants of old but the way we once were has passed. We do our best, Robert!

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1.47: That Robert Nugent hasn’t a good word to say about Catholicism in Ireland or about priests in Ireland, unless theres lace albs, birettas, siuranes and high collars, all in the theatre of the Latin Mass, incense, candles etc…His recent meanderings on his You Tube are embarrassing. He shiukd prepare his content beforehand and do it well as his hmmm’s and ehhh’s are a complete turn off. His incessant negativity and complaining are very demoralizing. Robert will always be a complainer. The most childish thing he did recently was to sneakily video the Cathedral Chrism Mass in St. Muiredech and tear it to pieces for its content, liturgy and the commissioning of lay ministers in various roles. Robert behaved like a thug that evening and when challenged by a you tuber said that “he was asked to do so..”: I’d like to know WHO asked him to do so? But, Robert goes into hiding when challenged. I’m not surprised he comnented on the Elphin facebook as he did. Robert wants us to believe that all our problems in the Church will be sorted once we frame our lives in the shadows of The Latin Mass and return to pre Vatican 11 days! Loopy land dreaming.

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“He should prepare his content beforehand and do it well as his hmmm’s and ehhh’s are a complete turn off.”
I have challenged him to self-coach using recommended materials.
He should stick to the Thurless / CMOC scandal because he was effective on that. Joseph Ryan who knows where evidence is, can help him.
P.S correction to 2.48:
… who set Rabindranath Tagore’s words …

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Then why does he like Kiko Arguello whose words he set to music to be sung in “communities” (quite a nice song)?

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It seems interesting to me that Rory is still allowed to remain in post, despite Noel asking him if there was a significant other in his life 🤷🏾‍♂️

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I enjoy the blog immensely and salute Bishop Pat for his unflinching courage and clarity in exposing corruption but I think sexual scandal invite more blog responses financial whereas I am convinced that financial corruption and scandal are the ones the RCC strive to conceal and cover up.
By the way todays Timjes (world) has a piece about how Francis and Benedict can’t stand each other. Imagine, two clerics despising each side their, who knew?
It got me thinking:
Hume and Worlock despised each other.
Egan and Doyle despise Elsie
Stock just despises everyone.
Davies is despised by virtually all the bishops.

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1.58: You forgot to add: Pat Buckkey despises all Catholic priests and Bishops. It’s horrendous when supposed Christian leaders despise one another…

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I do not despise all Catholic bishops and priests.

I despise the evil institution they are members of

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Come on, Pat! You didn’t exactly have warm feelings for Cackle, nor for Phonsie.

‘Intense dislike’ is ‘hatred’ in other words.

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While on subject of money: Pat, did you know that the recent collection for Ukraine in all Catholic Dioceses totalled €3.25 million. Imagine. What a response considering that our congregatiins are not back to pre pandemic numbers and that many parishioners will already have given to various charities. How much did the Oratorians in Larne contribute to your Ukranian collection?

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7.55: CARITAS INTERNATIONAL has acknowledged receipt of money. More importantly: what have you done for Ukranians or for anyone in need? Nada.

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The MP who has had to resign today highlights the dangers of looking up tractors on the internet. I wonder if that excuse was offered by the ex-PP of Pomeroy, who far from resigning, was made PP of Clogherhead.
“Mr Parish told BBC South West that he watched adult material twice in the Commons, admitting “I was not proud of what I was doing”.
Looking visibly emotional, the farmer said the first time was accidental while looking at tractors on the internet.
He said he then “got into another website with a very similar name,” adding: “I watched it for a bit, which I shouldn’t have done.”

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The MP has resigned and his career is over, yet the ex-PP of Pomeroy, Rory, Fr McCamley and Fr Jerry the beach wanker all sail on, with two of them back in a parish, Rory has a flat and job in London and Jerry is still a priest. This is even though they did much worse than the MP and also were sexual morality arbiters, unlike the MP. It’s a farce.

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@8.03pm To be fair to the MP he claims he was only looking at tractors being an ex farmer.

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Need to be a bit circumspect here but loughiniskand is not the only parish in Down and Connor where money regularly “goes missing”

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So let’s get this clear.
We’ve got one commenter (3:09) complaining some priests aren’t mentioned but not mentioning them.
And another commenter (1:03) talking about wanting Robert Nugent not to be talked about.
Catholic education is probably the next big scandal. 😱

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If there is proven to be some fault in accounts. Perhaps all diocesan trust funds past and presrnt should be forensically checked as i believe these monies are given by the ordinary faithful for the good of the community and should be aware where their good hard earned money goes to
I am so disillusioned with the church hearing about all the sex when a vow of celibacy is taken. What worries me is that you must be telling the truth as the church prelates would have taken you to task for damaging the reputation of the church. Is it all a farce and it is better for one to say a prayer with a dear friend and carry out good works in gods nane.

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It might be a comment on the JP2 and onward saint manufacturing that Pope St Pius V only canonised one saint and his own cause took years. The process now, in part due to rule changes under Paul VI and JP2, lacks rigour. The advocatus diaboli was essential as he asked whether the various achievements and efforts of a saint be a result of simple human ambition. Another support for a rigorous was simply to allow time to pass. Does a cultus last? A good many of these new saints have no actual cultus, but almost every Pope of V2 has to be canonised for holy politics. The only one not is the very personable JP1, who became Pope when relatively young and fairly healthy, and who was quite possibly murdered. There are a few theories (https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/was-pope-john-paul-i-murdered?s=r suggests Cardinal Baggio as a suspect). The traditional date for St Pius V, that is, until 1969 was 5th May, next Thursday, but 30th May is not a bad day either. Presumably May Day is for St Joe the Workman.

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We seem to have a strange situation in Keady, Fr Mc Cann has been gone for 3 weeks now.
We were told he was isolating due to covid but its a long isolation.
My cousin requested him for a funeral but the reply was a little on the rare side!
Hopefully he recovers fully from Covid🙏.

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How is “call me Father please” McKeever in Keady? I hear Miss McCamley misses the place so much he sneaks back there.

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I never seen a parish like Dungannon; it accommodates the come-back priests. There are more changes than the leadership of the DUP. Curates coming and going like it’s going out of fashion. But I think priest ought to be able to have a normal married life. It is shocking that Dungannon, the Deanery of Armagh has two priests and 4 churches.

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Bishop Pat, I hear your big friend Sammy Wilson DUP is afraid to go door to door here in Carrick. The votes here are shifting towards the TUV and Sammy has faced a backlash. Sure Sammy’s party wouldn’t be bothered with the likes of you or me.

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I was ringing an elderly priest friend in Waterford from our Seminary days together and I am from beyond the Pale. In light of your blog, I asked him how Phonsie was getting on? His simple reply was that Buckley has put him on the ball of malt.

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Knowing Pat’s style of operating I would say Pat knows more about the €70k but is keeping his powder dry for now.

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I wouldn’t stoop to such profanity or vulgarity as your name suggests @10.08pm. However, in horse racing terms “you are on the nose” regarding Pat Buckley.

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Thanks, MMM, for that BBC Four recommendation. Depressing, but necessary.
Please, never, ever, allow your child to be alone with a romanist priest: he will either kiddie-fiddle the child, or, under Canon Law, will protect those who do.

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Anon @ 10:25. Yes, at times depressing in showing the complete failures of RC senior clerics to show an understanding of the harm done to children by abusing clerics. Their mindset, largely misinformed by utterly simplistic misunderstanding of the damage of abuse to children, and an overriding naive desire to “protect” the RC institution, was well portrayed.
The courage and conviction of the victims shone through, but I have to wonder at the other victims: those too damaged or insecure to speak out.
MMM

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Congratulations Pat. You have highlighted a lot over the past week. I have details of carry-on in Armagh that you should know!

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From my understanding Fitzgerald was creating obstacles for the diocese once it came out, He was not taking responsibility, then he started pulling sick notes, preventing Fintan from being able to deal with him effectively, yet while Fitzgerald tried to attend an UNAUTHORISED farewell mass and after party in he’s honour while pulling sick notes, Monaghan found out about it at last minute and shut it down lively.
Then Fitzgerald was still in denial and slightly delusional regarding the caliber of the situation and he’s behaviour by trying to celebrate a guards Mass , god rest this man’s soul. Which Fintan denied him that privelage and rightly so.
All the while Fitzgerald is calling Monaghan a coward behind he’s back, these ladies druggies, deranged and insane,sluts and threats..etc ..
Then Fintan denied Fitzgerald the honour of celebrating he’s own father’s mass just recently. I think the penny has finally fucking dropped for Fitzgerald.
Fintan is far from impressed with him and wants him gone.
After everything this man has said and done to tarnish our reputations and all that we endured. If Fitzgerald and he’s friends , the very few he has left are looking for sympathy, they are preaching to the wrong choir on here.
My balls are alot bigger than he’s faith and there’s nothing ‘snakey ‘ about the truth.
Night folks, have a blessed weekend 🙂

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what has been going on behind closed doors in the diocese is not an accurate reflection of what happens with gossip in the public and what Fitzgerald has been disclosing to he’s friends. I think now people are finally starting to realize that. The truth always comes out on the end, the wheel keeps turning …

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It wasn’t an unauthorized Mass, it was booked and paid for in the church office for my mothers anniversary. There wasn’t a farewell Mass nor a farewell party, just a few neighbours who wanted to say goodbye to Ger.
Fintan pulled the mass with 2 hours to go, when my family all over the world were due to log in on the webcam.
Fintan himself had then promised to say the mass which the Whelan family appreciated but then he pulled it
Facts would be appreciated, and not maybe bullshit that you heard about
There was NOT a farewell Mass, it was my mothers anniversary Mass!
As a family we are absolutely enraged that Finatan cancelled our mothers mass in our parish and was paid for

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@ 9:22 No, there wasn’t a farewell party for Fr. Ger. According to his own words, May 2, 2021, 00:58 “There was a BIG protest rally tonight in Cloughleigh… if ever there was a Trump moment, it was tonight..it was beautiful to see it even if I couldn’t be there…” Does it surprise anyone that Fintan cancelled Ger’s Masses? Ger talked about his fantasy of driving into Cloughleigh and being given a hero’s welcome by throngs of his adoring supporters whilst simultaneously Village People’s YMCA song blasts out in the background. A quote for Ger: “When all else fails, there’s always delusion” 😎

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Fitzgerald has caused an awful lot of hurt to alot of people with he’s actions and behaviour that he still doesn’t seem to take responsibility for.
I sincerely suggest he sit down and have a long hard look at he’s reflection in the mirror 🪞🪞🪞

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Tina i can’t take credit for the mass cancellation unfortunately, wasnt aware it was happening that day, and it was an after party I have seen text messages afterwards from Fitzgerald. Monaghan had hes reasons and he is entitled to do so, he wouldn’t make that call unless it was necessary, it was hardly cancelled just to piss you off, get over yourself.

Fitzgerald has nobody to blame but himself for he’s choices in life that led up to that point.

Unfortunate timing for your mass but these things happen, that’s life…

I’m unsure what happened after that as I was sitting in the guard station making a statement under the dioceses instructions regarding your son’s death threats after my family from all over the country inundated the guards with calls regarding that fact …

Tom Ryan gave he’s blessing for your mothers mass next day.

It’s far from over yet girl between Fitzgerald me and the diocese, far from it !

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Yes a sense of entitlement from Fr Fitzgerald and Whelan. They have alot in common both use devious tactics but get others to do it for them. Looking for a pitty party as its always about them.

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I agree on a level 5 pandemic lockdown there wasn’t just a few friends,the place was crowded. Forbidden by the government, no group gatherings. Think the rules bend for them.

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Anyone so much as breaths wrong in my direction again not only will the county know what type of prick of really is, the whole country will !

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@ 8:16 This has nothing to do with money and everything to do with exposing a predator priest who targets vulnerable women and who has been reported to the Gardai by Fintan Monahan & Pat Buckley for his alleged criminal offences.

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Haven’t asked for a cent in 15 months, just an apology , public one, bishop has had meetings to discuss it and will issue one, get your facts straight love!

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Ironic how you were telling me to move on months after it and laughing about it , funny your still enraged 12 months later cribbing about your mass being cancelled when Fitzgerald and myself took harder hits than you.

Take your own advice.

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