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PHONSIE DAY 2 – IN MY OPINION PHONSIE CULLINAN IS A SADIST!

Below are Phonsie’s clerical changes.

It is the first time in my life that I have seen a bishop print details of the so called “laicisation” of a priest.

This action by Phonsie in my opinion, shows Cullinane to be a sadist – a nasty sadist.

He published this information to deliberately and further hurt Father Geoghegan.

And in his piece he is telling a LIE!

It is NOT true that Father Geoghegan is no longer a priest. He is still, and always will be, a priest.

“You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek”

“Once a priest – always a priest”.

Father Geoghegan may no longer be a cleric in the RCC clerical caste.

In fact Father Geoghegan is still required by church law to extend the Last Rites to anyone in danger of death.

PHONSIE’S TREATMENT OF FATHER GEOGHEGAN

Phonsie treated Father Geoghegan in a totally despicable manner.

He generally sent for him at night time, after dark, and bullied him.

And Phonsie is a bully!

Father Geoghegan did not sign the forms put in front of him by Phonsie freely, willingly and without fear and intimidation.

The priest who accompanied Father Geoghegan to meet Phonsie was not a canon lawyer and not in a position to give him the best advice and protection.

I think that Father Geoghegan has a very arguable case with which to appeal to Rome.

Phonsie is heading for a fall.

Phonsie, believe me, is heading straight for his Waterloo !

PENTECOST 16 YEARS AGO

FROM LEFT AUNT JOAN RIP, SISTER MARGARET RIP, MOTHER JOSEPHINE RIP, AUNT PHYLLIS RIP

46 YEARS ORDAINED TODAY

235 replies on “PHONSIE DAY 2 – IN MY OPINION PHONSIE CULLINAN IS A SADIST!”

I was abused today for being hiv positive and it’s a recurring occurrence. Have you faced this level of abuse?

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@10:11 most of them the same, singing from the same hymn sheet of lies & from the same big feathery bed 🛌

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The Church in Ireland is dying on it’s knees. Good priests gone. Bad seminarians bursting into Holy Orders while they figure themselves out. Only three types of priest remain, the bad, the institutionalised and the trapped.
The reason the best leave is because The Holy Spirit is protecting them. The reason some of us are institutionalised or trapped is to keep the message alive. The reason for bad priests is to keep us aware of tge need for renewal.
We all have our part to play….Fr Richard is a great man, one of the best. The Spirit has protected him and given him an option outside the institution because he is one of the best, the strongest…. we all have our part to play, even The Holy Spirit.

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We pray for Fr Geoghegan at the hands of this evil cabal personified this tune in the image of Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan. We also hope that he has retained the services of a good lawyer.

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Pat, I don’t agree with your description of the Bishop as a “sadist”. That’s a very strong and serious accusation. I believe myself that Bishop Cullinan acts and speaks without thinking things through sufficiently and seems rarely to be aware of the implications of his words and actions. I agree with yiu that the information about Fr. Geoghegan was completely inappropriate and misjudged. Printing it adds a greater hurt to Fr. Richard and it is not the full story. The Bishop needs to think twice or thrice before speaking or issuing promulgations. While I am loathe to make judgments or wish harm on anyone or judge their spirituality or faith, Bishop Cullinan is making himself an unlikable person. God bless him and God bless Fr. Richard. Pat, you all look so alike in this photo. Like myself with losses, I wish I could turn back the hand of time. May God be kind to all our deceased loved ones..

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Pat, I don’t know much about Fr Richard’s case. I hope he gets justice if he has been wronged. I guess you are the best man for the job.

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9:51am Thank you. Perhaps one day they will be allowed to rest in peace. Will keep in touch. Keep praying for all involved.

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It remains to be revealed how his brother Bishop Fintan words the exit announcement on the Wanker & the Parishioner Propositioners in Ennis.

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@ 10:01 I think that’s about right.
@ 10:53 I never met Richard Geoghegan, but from the reports on the blog and on the media, it seems he was very well liked in his parish. I am very sorry that he was treated so abysmally by Phonsie et al. I wish him well going forward. As for Yvonne & myself, we are safe and we are both well able to defend ourselves against any attack… Veritas Aequitus

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Spelling correction: Veritas Aequitas
P. S. Pat has a copy of the “receipt” that Ger forgot in my house. I am sure Pat will blog about it soon enough…

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@9:16 abuse of any kind is unacceptable and many execute same from behind gaps in the curtains of the Roman Catholic Church, therefore, taking advantage of its accomplished track record in circumventing justice & resulting in life damaging injury and consequences for both victims, survivors & their families. Fr Geoghegans family and friends are devastated for him & for the wider message & implications demonstrated by what has been done to him. See this Carole & Remember these Birds of a feather flock together. Be Safe both of you & do beware of smiling do gooders that do very well indeed from the cabal at the expense of others.

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Hope all is well Carole, you’re looking well as usual.
What receipt did he leave?:-)

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@ 12:34 Thanks Toddy. There were some on this blog who questioned my credibility so I sent Pat a copy of the bank slip that shows the balance of Ger’s bank account back in July 2021 as well as a certain foreign currency cheque lodgement. I wonder where that came from? 🤔 Has Ger invested in a chipper over in the UK? The star witness in the case of the 5 figure sum in Ger’s bank account is his former best friend who many people in Ennis know doesn’t deal in bullshit…in fact, quite a number of people in Ennis & elsewhere have actually gone to him for help/counselling/advice. Some of the clergy reading this blog know exactly who I am referring to… Ger can continue to try and to cover up what he did and spread his false narrative about me that I am a nutter, etc. etc. but it won’t change the truth!!! In the meantime, Ger (and Jerry) will continue to suck a monthly salary from the Killaloe church coffers for as long as possible.

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Those two bandits are hardly getting a recall, are they? Bad enough they are on the books.

There must be chippers in Limerick ordering in truckloads of spuds while the people of Salthill close their blinds

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10.06 as they remain on Killaloe payroll, they are active behind the scenes as per normal modus operandi if this two faced organisation made up of street angels & house devils.

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10.58
They will not be mentioned as they are getting NO appointments and furthermore Bishop Fintan is not going to say they are on Sabbatical when they are not.
I understand both have Canon lawyers against Bishop Fintan.
So as they say Ger and Jerry will be and should be toast.

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Fair play to Fintan. He gets a very hard time but at least is doing the right thing.
Ger Fitz has been very naughty and should apologise but Carey is a different level altogether.

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If a priest leaves ministry the Bishop can say he is no longer a priest of the Diocese. To say more is to breach the priests Data Protection Rights. Phonsie should be sued by Fr. Richard for what he published. The manner of exit is a private matter.

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@ 12:09 it is simply not credible to suggest that either of them have grounds for a Case against the Diocese of Killaloe. In particular Jerry Carey who culminated his long tenure in Killaloe courtesy of the Salthill arrest. By all accounts it seems that in any case he shouid have been terminated years ago. In light of his role as a School Chaplin, it is reasonable to surmise the seriousness of his offence was glossed over via the suspended sentence in the interests of protecting the schools reputation. Shame the likes of Monahan, Cullinane etc., do not exercise the same due diligence in assisting church abuse victims & survivors. Mafia they are. Fitzgerald drew his anti social intimidating possey on his victim, that’s the role & objective of certain lay volunteers in many parishes. Overall, a toxic cult.

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Carole that’s very interesting info. Would one of Ger’s minions hanging around on this blog like to make any comment?

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3.17
Ger and Jerry think they have a case against the Diocese of Killaloe and only Canon Law will decide otherwise but sadly they have still got to get a salary from Killaloe.
Jerry thinks he has had counselling and he should be appointed to a parish thankfully Bishop Fintan and most Priests think otherwise.
Ger thinks what he has done is morally wrong and others make mistakes just like he has but Ger is still in the blame game for being foolish and again thinks he should move on and be appointed to another part of Killaloe Diocese.
Bishop Fintan is trying his best but it will be down to Cannon Law.
Can I say although I do not think in the case of Yvonne and Carole but this has happened in Dioceses before and they all kiss and make up and the dioceses is left to foot the bill.
Carole and Yvonne are hurt and it will heal so no one knows the outcome in the end although I do think Ger is finished as a member of the Presbyterate and will be entitled to come to Holy Mass as part of the laity.

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@ 4:54 Very hard to discern if what you are saying is true or not. A few months ago when I went on the blog, Ger’s friends circulated rumours here saying that he had resigned from the priesthood, that he is getting married, that the money in his account was a loan…yada yada yada. As was evident from the unpublished and abusive comments Pat received about me, Ger (via his minions) was still very busy slagging and slandering me. You say that Ger admits that what he has done (which part?) is morally wrong and thinks he should come back but it will be up to the Canon court to decide. Serious question: If there is a trial in Rome, can Yvonne and I give testimony?

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11.06 Grande Chartreuse, its worth close scrutiny. Its very fine roof tiling tells much. Its heaving with men. Heaving. Waterford and Purcell, peas in a pod. There are never only two.

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5.54
If Ger or any Priest resigns their name would be removed from diocesan documents including the web site so the reason Ger and Jerry are c/o diocesan office is both are REFUSING to resign and therefore it will result in a Canonical Trial .
If they were on Sabbatical it would say sabbatical.
As for the Canonical trail it will be Bishop versus Jerry and Bishop versus Ger so you and Yvonne have NO need to give testimony as the Bishop will be using all the evidence from You, Yvonne and even Bishop Buckley as the Bishop has to defend those wounded like yourself and Yvonne and also his Diocese including Clergy, religious and Lay Faithful.

Irrespective of what this blog thinks I want to try and reassure you two thing the Bishop and Cleo strongly believes both of you and as for Jerry the courts found him guilty and the second is there is many Good Priests, Religious and Lay Faithful who only want to try their very best.

What part well Ger thinks he may have got thinks wrong and could have done it differently has he used the Sorry word as far as I can say not as yet but hopefully during the canonical process.

Although you and Yvonne get it on here big time from Ger’s fan club please be rest assured the Bishop and other Clergy get it big time as well.

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@6:31 Thank you for this clarification. It all makes more sense now. I do not envy Fintan…I appreciate your comments. Blessings.

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Very insightful indeed.
Can I please ask that people stopping dragging my name into just about every comment.
I haven’t looked or read these blogs in two weeks nor do I intend to for the foreseable future.
So I can move on with my life.
Thank you kindly !
Have a nice day !

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My dear , Ger is finished .
No cannocal procedure , legalities rules and procedures will save him . More than one way to skin a cat … fintans decision, the church ….or fintan aganst Ger shite …. ?
Sounds like a headache , even fintan would want to avoid …
Regardless of outcome Ger will never have peace , he’s new parish will be inundated with meetings calls and emails , etc ..
This will follow him ….
Something’s the church can’t control …
Fintans a nice man , dedicated but he’s weak ,needs to grow a pair, he’s flock are running amock under he’s nose for yrs, it’s embarssing now at this stage for him.
The outcome of Fitzgerald’s future or that other Gerry is/was and never will never be under the church’s control …
The public won’t have it….

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Legalities rules and procedures, won’t save them. They didn’t abide by them when in place, they won’t save them now with the public …

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@10:54 Gibberish or a fair analysis of the situation which doesn’t suit Ger’s narrative?

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@10:44 what’s really sad and pathetic is that Ger continues to blame others for his own demise. If he had any self respect he would ask for laicisation immediately. Instead he will drag this case on for years just to satisfy his own narcissistic ego and arse pocket. Have a nice day Ger. We know that you are on the blog.

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This phonsie boyo is a true reflection of everything that is wrong with the RCC. Abuse of power, ego,bully, overrated sense of self worth . I really hope this ass gets his comeuppance

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Yes, exactly. And even if you felt the need to publish it, you wouldn’t put that it was of his own accord. That’s church speak for ‘under severe compulsion’.

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Wonder if the usual clerical bullies will be rushing to scream ‘reject’ and suck up to the bishop. If they don’t, you can be certain they would if we were talking of a priest convicted of child abuse.

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There is no dojbt whatsoever that the outcome of Father Richard’s case is profoundly unsafe. A good canon lawyer would have it torn to shreds in a matter of minutes. The issue is more Phonsie’s chauvinism than any moral matter. It’s not immoral to decide to wear the clothes of the other sex, especially for a cabaret number. It happens in pantomime, seminary dramatic societies etc. Gender stereotypical clothes are a convention the breaking of which is not a crime, is not a moral matter, is nothing requiring any action, much less removal of faculties. The whole sorry matter is a mess of the first degree. Disgraceful. Shameful.

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You are right, Pat. It doesn’t mean Fr Geoghegan is no longer a priest. It means his licence to practise has been revoked, and logically, that it can be restored at the stroke of a pen. If the process leading to the revocation was flawed then there are questions to be asked. Who acted as Phonsie’s canon lawyer in this case? And who was Richard’s lawyer? Who accompanied Richard to the meetings, especially the last one?

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We don’t need a licence to minister @ 11.42pm like the makey up Anglicans appointed by a foreign Queen.

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Pat I don’t know anything about Canon law but I think you present a good case here for Fr Richard. This priest has been wronged.

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Yes Bishop Pat,
Who was the priest that accompanied him to meet the Bishop for this showdown.?, he must have been a tosser to allow this outcome

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6:39am his advisor was a Judas, it appears Fr Richard was set up like a kipper by Bishop Alphonsus Cullinane and his team.

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If there are legitimate concerns about the Lourdes incident In the presenting of a film without parental consent, the way to deal with this is to put the concerns in writing to the Bishop and outline the many boundaries which were crossed. It is better to establish the full facts truthfully. It is also advisable to stay on the issue rather than denigrate the Bishop with dehumanizing language. The Bishop or his spokesperson must be accountable for what, as of now, is very concerning re: showing a film without parental consent. The addendum re: resignation of Fr. Richard is most insensitive and humiliating, designed deliberately to cause hurt. Personally, I am deeply saddened for Richard and totally disappointed by Bishop Cullinan by this vindictive behaviour..He most assuredly needs our prayers..

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Am alternative way to deal with the Lourdes issue is to report it to Phonsies superiors
via the Papal Nuncios office or directly to the Pope in the Vatican. Letter writing is a diversionary tactic to soft soap the sheeple. Today’s issue is the Fr. Richard matter.

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8:05 are ya thick or summat???
Reality Check:
Da Papal Nuncio has been scalding & agitating for years to get out of the toxic, corrupt hellhole that is the Irish Roman Catholic Church & has finally made his escape to Eastern Europe.
Fraudulent Frankie himself is currently making loud noises in his preparations to jump ship before the shit totally hits the fan.
Fonzie cannot be trusted with a group of teenagers, he has to inflict his movie on them, he’s busy mollycoddling his money fiddling priests & don’t forget he & his brother Bishops had to go shopping for a nice non voyage gift for Rawhide Purcells temporary exit to Australia whilst he’s waiting for the smoke to clear back on the Emerald Isle.
All is rotten in the House of Denmark & Fr Richard Geoghegan is unreasonably bearing the extreme brunt of it.

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6:54
What do you mean…’his spokesperson’? Don’t attempt to shift responsibility from Fonzie.

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At a time when so many priests are on MIA lists, some for ‘highly questionable’ reasons,
why was it necessary for Bishop Alphonsus to make any reference to Fr. Richard Geoghegans ‘clerical status’? Did Richard commit some unwritten canonical crime, such as; do not jeopardize the Ordinaries career prospects by embarrassing the Ordinary publicly? In a societal context, when priests are being imprisoned for child sexual abuse, was this apparent precedent of Bishop Alphonsus prudent, just, and, above all, CHARITABLE? Regardless of the rights or wrongs of the matter, why, oh why, did he make any reference whatsoever to Fr. Richard in the Diocesan appointments? Was another agenda been furthered by the Bishop Alphonsus? If so, is this another example of feet, both, and shot!

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Methinks Phonsie’s actions are already biting what’s left of his ass to bite.

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7.30
Some US dioceses include a reference in the annual appointments list to clergy who leave ministry. Phonsie probably looks to that quarter. The US hierarchy contains quite a few cultural warriors.

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Is this the custom in Ireland? I’ve never come across it before.
If Phonsies looking to US quarter for inspiration he could always consider relocating.

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Most priests should never have been ordained. Unfortunately the bar is so low you see the likes of Dick and Ciaran O’Connell getting ordained, complete farce.

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@7:58 assessment for Ordination & other roles is based on ones aptitude for complicity to support wrong doing of all kinds.

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Bishop Pat, you are right on this one. Fr Richard should appeal to Rome (it pains me to say that). Organ grinder and monkey springs to mind. Phonsie obviously deems this to be an open and shut case but too often not enough people speak up and just roll over. I hope Fr Richard will speak up as he’s been done a terrible injustice.

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I feel there is no right to appeal against a declaration of dismissal from the clerical state. The decree is considered a privilege rather than punitive in that the pope is removing the obligations of the clerical state so you can live your chosen life. Richard could always seek a benign bishop who, after a period of rehabilitation, could petition Rome to reinstate him. He wouldn’t be ordained again; as bishop Pat says, he is a priest for all eternity.

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‘The decree is considered a privilege rather than punitive in that the pope is removing the obligations of the clerical state so you can live your chosen life’
If anything ever expressed the bizarre world of the church, this does.

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9.25
Nonsense. Where a decision is taken debarring a cleric from exercising his ministry without his consent, exercised in full freedom, the action is most certainly punitive.

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10.am in this case it wasn’t imposed as a result of juridical process but was freely sought and is a rescript (a favour) given by the pope. How ‘freely’ the petition was made by Richard is certainly debatable. There is a way back – cf Return to Ministry of Dispensed Priests,” Jurist 54 (1994) 605–616.

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8.26
Matthew Despard has been waiting years for justice his brother priest Stephen Miller has been waiting ten years for justice and most likely never see it from Joe Toal and the late Joe Devine.
However Joe Toal is all hushed up about Monsignor Tom Miller who lasted two months as Spiritual Director at Osscott and now c/o diocesan offices.
However Joe Toal will ordain Chris Morris in June just like Archbishop Martin will with Stephen Wilson.
Archbishop Martin will be rejoicing on 26th with two new Priests however it may turn to sadness on 28th when Aiden McCann is at the court.

Robert and Pat send it all to Cardinal Marc Ouellet or Cardinal Parolin as it all needs addressed and hopefully curtains to Phonsie.

however Robert sadly you will need to move on in a new career as despite the massive shortage of clergy there is no Bishop that will likely take you unless they may offer you a Hospital chaplaincy.

Phonsie is a disgrace NEVER has it been on any Clergy Changes in Ireland or the UK laicised and just like the MIA or c/o they just do not get mentioned.

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@ 11:26am

OMG! guess who’s? still at it advising people to contact Ouellet and Parolin don’t waste your time Patsy as sadly like the meglomaniac Cullinan they won’t deign to reply.

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Definitely, he must have been a light weight by the way it was handled, some of there spokes people don’t inspire much confidence, more about self promotion and attention seeking, some extreme left wing clowns in it too, one fellow seems to advocating removing the sin of homosexuality.

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He was very poorly advised. He should have taken the petition away and obtained independent legal advice before signing it. There should also have been a settlement to ensure his national insurance payments were met and a lump sum to tide him over until he gained stable employment.

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8.47 Its time that priests “layisised” in this way from around the world formed their own ontwological poole. There are a few in Ireland coerced into these so-called applications. There can be no justice for Father Geoughegan because the only thing that matters on a Roman desk is a papal mandate to be its Bollox.

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Phoney Phonsie is theologically and canonically illiterate. If Richard is no longer a priest, then it means he was never a priest and that all of the sacraments he celebrated were invalid ab initio. This is why the church never annuls a priestly or episcopal ordination. I thought sacraments left an indelible stain on the soul. Otherwise, I would apply to be unbaptised.

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11.30 Both of you could still go and “see” him….like you did with Daly as he sat on his ass on a sanctuary.

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Even uncle Ted’s episcopal ordination was never annulled. Otherwise, imagine all those invalid ordinations of bishops and priests in the U.S and the work involved in trying to rectify them.

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Happy Ordination Anniversary Pat! In a world full of RCC corruption, cover ups and abuse, your authenticity is like a breath of fresh air…Fair play to you and thank you for your service. Please pray for the victims & families of the St. Francis Church massacre in Nigeria.

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Have a great time Bishop Pat as you celebrate. Your fellow bishops will only be worrying about what comes next!

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Fonz is a despicable and sneaky man. Parents entrust their children to him to go to Lourdes, help the sick, and for prayer. He hoarded them into a room and forced them to watch a dodgy 1980s video of a live abortion. Did he seek their parents’ consent? There’s something dreadful about the man and more than a veneer of arrogance.

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9:51 Bishop Phonsie Cullinane is a prime example of his catlick organisation who believe that they know better than everyone else and that it’s their way or the highway as in the manner he has treated Fr Richard but elects to support the Rawhide Purcell Abbot now tanning his arse & others no doubt in sunnier climes in the midst of uninformed members of the Australian public. Phonsie has abused the trust of parents & abused Fr Richard stripping him of his rights and dignity & leaving him destitute but clergy are evil, they & their subscribers clearly derive great pleasure from creating needless distress to others. Disgusting added to Bishop Cullinanes obvious support for his money fiddling priest & Rawhide Abbot Purcell.

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You don’t love me
You love the idea of us
You don’t need me
You don’t want me
You need/want ‘it’
You long for love
You have found it
Embrace and run

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Yes the wanker should be sacked. Fitzgerald he got into consenting relationships with two girls. Reprimanded for certain. Cut of his pay, or Penis

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I am a proud massive big lesbian and I love this blog. It really makes me appreciate who and what I am.

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Congratulations on 40 years ordained Pat. You’ve seen and experienced a lot and your efforts with the Hunger Strikers will never be forgotten.

As for Phonsie well he’s an angry psychopath. Allows Rawhide Purcell on the altar with him yet fires Richard. You couldn’t make this stuff up.

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Hold on, isn’t the Fonz a member of Opus Dei? And aren’t they into all that physical mortification stuff bound to attract masochists?
Perhaps he’s both!

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Pat I think you are totally justified in using the word ‘Sadist’. Rubbing salt on a wound would be considered sadistic. We are dealing with Fr Richard’s emotions, well being and general health here. This abhorrent abuse of power and wrongdoing needs addressing. Good luck.

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He was a big mover in Limerick Opus Dei back in the 00s. He’s an angry ball of energy ideally suited to the fruitcake fringe. He’s like something out of the Da Vinci Code, only lame.

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Opus Dei, another holier than thou huddle who suck up to those with influence money and power. What scandals are hidden within their ranks, I wonder.

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What would Phonsie do with himself if he had to resign, historically he seems to be a most controversial and cantankerous individual with a highly inflated ego. In light of how he callously treats good clerics doing their best, he & his ilk should not be surprised if the wheels come off the wagons.

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That would be a cold shower matter.
Up the cold showers-two a day! Sorted.

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10:50:
He could join the Cistercians in Tarrawarra Abbey Australia out of harms way.
That’s on the assumption they would accept him.

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5.18 They have had their own sufferings. They don’t want some more.

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5.35 Lots. I wish they would buy a bigger car for their jaunts around Dalkey. Four of them packed in to a tiny wheelbarrow of a thing. The house is huge, a lovely turret. Sick of looking at that car, get a bigger one boys, you are fooling no-one .

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It all started on the Francis Brennan Travel Escapades…Shirley Bassey Geoghegan, while very funny and a great laugh, encouraged by the production team, must surely have seen his dress flashing red flags instantly…The rest, sadly, is history. I wish Richard well. God bless and guide him. The bishop needs the Holy Spirit.

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Come on. For many decades seminarians and priests have dressed as women in plays etc.

People were a bit surprised at Richards party piece. Bit it was funny.

And he is a very well loved pastor.

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12.10: I agree with you Pat. I simply say it all began by Richard’s appearance on that programme. I found him to be a genuinely funny man and a lovely human being. Everyone on the show embraced him warmly and he impacted positively. What a shame he’s been treated so inhumanely and unkindly. Those Clonliffe days of dressing up for plays are memorable…absolutely.. but we grew out of our skirts!!! Though some didn’t!!

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‘ found him to be a genuinely funny man and a lovely human being.’
Yes – exactly the sort of person taken down by the cult, in their rush to make the entire world criminals and sexual deviants.

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The Brennan show was long before Phonsie’s abuse of power. Check your facts 11.06am as you come across as very uneducated.

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11.21: I don’t understand your judgment of me. Bishop Cullinan was consecrated Bishop in 2015: Fr. Richard’s infamous Shirley Bassey impression was in 2017. My comment was in relation to Fr. Richard only. After his appearance in 2017, he was a marked man. I am deeply sorry for him. He should have been allowed to continue ministering as a priest full time. He was treated despicably by his Bishop. Where, can you sir, point out my “uneducated” contribution? Lets put your intellectual logic go the test. Thank you.

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Noel Treanor does not give two cahoots about the state of D&C. Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to Brussels he goes. Another trip fuelled with wine and cheese.

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Why was Richard Purcell the chair of Towards Healing ? Of all clergy available on the island, why Purcell? There are those who know the reason which is the answer. That begs the question, who in his absence now fills the void he left ……which is compromised.

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3.20 I know so much more than I have ever said: the individuals would suffer; never given to inflicting that but I am learning.

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@ 3:28
If I was to make known on this blog what I know it would have serious ramifications.
This clerical/hierarchical cabal couldn’t give a damn for the suffering of individuals.

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Phonsie has said that Rome can’t go against his decision about Fr Richard. I think he has a case as a bishop.

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If Father Geoghegan really wants to be restored, may I give him a way of getting straight to Pope Francis himself: send the documentation, particularly a copy of the Bishop of Waterford’s publication of the “process” on the set of changes, send them to the present Archbishop of Buenos Aires, copying them to The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and The Congregation for the clergy. By email and hard copy….to Buenos Aires and copied to the mentioned!! This comment will cause Waterford a little extra time in the bathroom.

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3.27 Not at all; nothing is as it seems; the old guard pertains, you are not in the circle!!!!!!!! Elliptical for clarity. LOl

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3.27 Neil Dargan was landed in Dublin, the compliment of Purcell et al. Willie Walsh and his cousint in Roscrea. Auld Bill Walsh, how he fooled them all.

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1.26
You seemed to forget the Curia has all changed and you will be still thinking of the old Holy office times have moved on and Bishops are responsible via the Congregation of Bishops at present Cardinal Marc Ouellet and straight to the Holy Father Francis. or to the Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin.
There is nothing in this situation for the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith.
However there is / was a case for Father Richard to the Congregation of Clergy however he resigned and he would need to say he was not of a fit mind.
Sadly I do not see a way back for Father Richard and the only way forward is to inform Rome of all the failings of Phonsie

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I hate clarifying….but the Congregations are irrelevant to the scenario I present….the documentation to Buenos Aires is only copied to the two I mention for the purposes of ensuring BA does not “filter” the communication whether by his hand or in the Blico. Nothing is as it seems.

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@ 3:51pm
Sadly this self-appointed ‘expert’ never gives up with her erroneous information. I think I’d believe Billen before anything from that quarter. He knows the score and I’m sure has forgotten nothing.

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Archbishop Kevin McDonald complained bitterly when at Oscott that he used to get all the ‘female parts’ – ironic really as can’t imagine him being remotely interested in ‘female parents’ and I’m sure would enjoy a big ‘male part.’
I come on Phonsies bitter publishing in the public domain of a priests laicisation is a blatant case of his own inner homosexual conflict – deep down he wants to dress up and play the bottom he knows he is!! This isn’t cruelty it’s repressed desire.

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According to a John Cooney article from 2006, the Irish Catholic bishops were so appalled by evidence of immoral behaviour among priests, that they secretly authorised the setting up of ‘House for Clergy Under Correction’. Cooney also mentions the bishops were so alarmed at the scale of the clerical scandals that they went to the extraordinary step of deliberately concealing from the faithful the true purpose for which inmates were sent to the detention centre in Waterford.
Whatever the exact nature of the peccadilloes of the clergy, the initiative for establishing the House came from the Brothers of Charity, who were based at Belmont Park in Waterford. According to Cooney, ‘literally, the Brothers were pushing an open door.’ Their proposal was granted by the Hierarchy in June 1945. The Brothers of Charity employed in 1956, Dr. Denis Lane O Kelly. The second section of the Murphy report on clerical sex abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese said Dr Lane O’Kelly, who died two weeks before his own trial in 2002, was tasked with treating a notorious child abuser Fr. Bill Carney. Dr Lane O’Kelly was subsequently the subject of a series of complaints by women he treated at Belmont Park Hospital in Waterford, which the Brothers of Charity Services operated until it closed in 1992.
The Mary Raftery two-part RTÉ documentary, “Behind the Walls”, broadcast on RTE late 2011, interviewed a number of women on the sexual abuse they had experienced by Dr. O Kelly. While complaints were made to the hospital authorities at the time of the incidents, dating back to the late 1970s early to mid-1980s, no action was taken. However, Dr O’Kelly was eventually formally charged by Gardaí in Waterford over allegations he sexually abused numerous female patients under his care. The Murphy report into The Dublin Archdiocese said the consultant psychiatrist (O Kelly) at the facility, which focused primarily on alcohol problems, began treating Bill Carney in September 1985 for alcohol problems. This is despite the fact “there is no evidence it [the facility] had any expertise in child sexual abuse”. The report also said that Dr O’Kelly was of the view Carney had the “possibility of a return to ministry in the new year” in a “controlled situation and subject to careful monitoring”. During the following year Dr O’Kelly informed the archdiocese he was “satisfied” with the progress of Carney, who had been placed in a ministry in south Dublin.
Carney — named as one of the worst serial offenders in the Murphy report — pleaded guilty to two counts of indecently assaulting altar boys in 1983. He was eventually defrocked by the Catholic Church in 1992 after being found guilty under canon law of child sex abuse. The Murphy report sited complaints or suspicions against him by 32 named individuals.
How many more paedophile priests in Dublin Archdiocese and other Dioceses throughout Ireland did Dr. Denis Lane O Kelly give the green light to return to ministry?
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2006/07_08/2006_07_10_IrishIndependent_SecretHouse.htm
https://psychrapereporter.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/victims-of-deceased-psychiatrist-want-an-apology/

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Every diocese on the Island of Ireland needs to be independently investigated.
Safeguarding MUST be completely independent of the RCC.

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It is not old hat to victims of clergy abuse or Denis Lane O Kelly’s victims. The sister of a priest of the Waterford and Lismore diocese features in Mary Rafertys documentary.
I don’t think it is old hat to her family, relatives and friends.

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Your daily reminder at 4:49 that the faithful want to forget about the abuse scandal, don’t care, and have learned nothing from it. In fact would rather the church’s victims drop dead.

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5:46
Indeed.
The long term strategy would appear to be a hold off for church’s victims to die off.
Of course some senior clerics, et al ,are still living- another consideration for RCC inaction.

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Bishop Fintan is in Canada checking on Deacon Ronan’s progress, as the Deacon is about to complete his internship at the Divine Renovation Parish of Saint Benedict, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Bishop also presided at one of the Sunday Masses.

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2.33 I do hope he has a comfortable pillow: not a park bench to rest his head: that would make it a bit like Ennis for some; he deserves his break.

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3.47 Its always the same for me just inside the gates of Christchurch Dublin, then I am bronze but there are many of me made of sarx.

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No climate emergency in Killaloe. Some airmiles involved in sending a deacon and bishop to Canada. Why did the deacon have to have a placement overseas, rather than in Ireland?

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3.55
Bishop Fintan Monaghan is in Westbourne Ennis and does not have a Deacon in Canada.
Not many Bishops into that Divine Renovation that will be the next crisis and the first was Father James McKay Brentwood or Salford who has left to get married.

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7:37
Are you certain? Can you produce evidence for future reference?

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@ 8:04
Killaloe Diocese Communications & Media Contact:
Fr Brendan Quinlivan

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2.33 Look out Davie St Vancouver for a visiting Prelate with bishops hat near you right now.

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7.37 Bishop Pat, they are even submitting their diaries to the blog incase Papa Francesca has an interest in their movements in relation to your well read outlet. Hope he has a spare room in Westbourne in case the homeless Nazarene calls for supper. Metamorphosis is a play of recent decades based on a Greek myth that the clergy of Ennis could stage in St Flannans for the edification of their people who are not in prison. They could ask that old judge along for badness.

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Just want to spread a bit of positivity today. Big shout out to the Priest I love. I don’t always give him an easy time but he is great and very patient.

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I think you two are a match made on earth. Melanie is affectionate and Fr is strong and capable.

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Your Eminence, George ( Pell), I ask you to take an interest in this Father Geoghegan case, nothing more than you ever did yourself. I have the photograph ( a copy of ) and would never use it…ever. But something terrible has happened here for the benefit of only one thing; television. This Bishop Cullinane is a disgrace. I know you are aware of the state of affairs in Ireland; he is the worst. ( my identity: ” What about the Holy Spirit?” ” My dear, I am the Holy Spirit.”) A good man has been wronged.

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Congratulations Pat on your ordination anniversary. I was ordained at Pentecost, a very lovely feast day. May the Spirit bless us all these days. How so much has changed since the end of the 70’s and from thereon..None of us could have envisaged the tumultuous events which have changed the landscape of faith, religious belief and practices, ministry and Catholicism. Where do we go to from here? ” Lord, to whom shall we go”, as asked by the disciple Philip, is now our daily question. Of course, it MUST only be to CHRIST. Enjoy your anniversary, Pat.

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I do not hide from the fact that I am a Vatican two kid much to some people’s disappointment and yes things change but I cringe when I see Clergy with their collars off and yesterday Archbishop Farrell forgetting his Mitre and Crozier then send out letters yours sincerely instead of yours in Christ.
I get the views above about fun dressing up for panto’s and Halloween but I would never accept a Priest dressing up as Shirley Bassey.
Since Bishop Pat is all in favour what do you think his idol is Dolly Parton and 9 to 5 🙂

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3.58
That’s all well and good, provided you don’t expect others to have the same approach. Breaking conventional dress arrangements is harmless.

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Sad to hear of the desecration of a grave, but I do hope the finer details of the cover up by the state eventually comes out in all its glory; much like the Canonisation of JP11: to hide the enormity of what he did. L O’ M.

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Anne Carpenter, what is the SEHB listed in your profile on the Towards Healing site please ? Or can anyone help with that ? It has a certain odour in its hiddenness…..

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The Governance section of Towards Healing brought me a few thoughts this lazy Bank Holiday afternoon. You really could not make this stuff up. The solicitor has a background in “institution defence litigation” but maybe more of that again. The chair at the moment is a Greg Price, now he is clearly a luminary with his own mind and extensive critical faculties: (1) Hw worked for ( wait for it) the Quality Improvement Division of the HSE (2) He has an MBA from the Open University (3) He has an LLB from Griffith College. He has qualified as a barrister. He is clearly in the episcopal league of Deenihan from Hull and Dr. Rory Coyle from Lampeter University. You could not get more talent in Oxford, Princeton or the Sapienza. Blessed is the governance of Towards Healing….a real set of independent luminaries to say nothing of the sister of mercy (0r none) from Rulla in Rome. What a disaster of an entity….maybe Purcell was their best!!!!!!

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6.51 You felt the need to wheel out a more professional body ? ( In lettering at any rate ) Ian Eliott has the goods on the wiggle room of that ‘national office team.’ N’est pas. Bishop Buckley, they really keep a close monitoring of your powerful blog.

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Take it you mean your man from Mitchelstown in Cork. Don’t know him but he comes across as the most conservative of conervatieve and someone that likes to be made a fuss off. Was at the funeral in Mount Melleray that Pat often shares the picture of Phonsie and Richard Purcell together at the altor.

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Evening Bishop, I am like a walking corpse after that weekend. Hope you enjoyed the long weekend also, that’s me off it now until Friday night.

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I have fallen off the celibacy wagon but I am riddled with guilt. 3 men in one week and now I am petrified that I will be recognised or outed. Pat I would like to meet sometime to come out and rid me of this guilt.

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Her upstairs has nothing but good to say about Pat Buckley. She says there are a few surprises for priests who comment here, because she can see who they are. 😂

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Pat, do you know what the three other fellas you were ordained with are doing today? In my novitiate class in 1982 we were 25 in all, I was the only one ordained in that class but two others are diocesan priests.

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7.10 And the other one like Her Majesty in Windsor is gloriously reigning on the planes of K.

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Congrats, Pat.
Lovely family photos.
May the Lord grant you many more years in Ministry.

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More or less. It was the tail end of the JPII fever after his visit. Every year we had 20ish novices between 78-90ish.

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Lay man – Father B, this feels like heaven on earth, now we have connected my life makes sense
Father B – this hell definitely feels better with you than without you

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Phonsie’s bizarre episcopal motto is ‘Deus atque audacia.’ ‘God and daring.’
Since his treatment of Fr Richard has nothing of God in it, God forbid, it must be 100% daring.

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7:16:
Mon Dieu! Chateauneuf du Pape! Creme de la menthe!
Maybe Fonzie was inspired by Del Boys saying; ‘He who dares wins..’
After all, Del boy was de occasional catholic…….
Si danke schon ! Pot Pourri! Bonjour!

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In the comment at 6pm “Provenance always delivers the goods” there is a mention of Lampeter University.’ I believe that this institution validates the academic standards at the Beda College in Rome. When there was a less tangled web of higher educational establishments i.e. sixty years ago Lampeter functioned as a Training College for Methodist Ministers.

I have wondered how come it is that Methodists are validating Catholic Theological Qualifications. I am sure that an answer will be found amongst readers of this blog even if it does really only beg the queston.

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7.33
Wrong on almost every count. You ought to look before you leap. Check your facts before publishing your confused thoughts.
As a matter of fact, degrees from the Pontifical Beda College are validated by St Mary’s University, Twickenham.

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Irish College Rome.
Formation Staff

Fr Paul Finnerty, Rector, Diocese of Limerick
Fr Edmund Cullinan, Vice-Rector, Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
Fr Aidan Ryan, Spiritual Director, Diocese Of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise

Two not Lady Boys but Brady Boys, Ryan is well worth a dig by archaeologists and Cullinan is a side kick to Fonzie

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9.49
I’d imagine Fr Shane O’Neill at least, likes Phonsie. He can thank him for his appointment as codirector of vocations. Since the appointment, the diocese is awash with applicants.

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My comments about Lampeter are inaccurate. it was not primarily associated with Methodists but with the Church of England. it was still a non-Catholic Theological College and is now big on Islaam. My main question is still valid. Is it satisfactory for non-Catholics to “validate” Catholic theological qualifications?

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My comments about Lampeter are inaccurate. it was not primarily associated with Methodists but with the Church of England. it was still a non-Catholic Theological College and is now big on Islaam. My main question is still valid. Is it normal for non-Catholics to “validate” Catholic theological qualifications?

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Obviously they want an actual degree from an actual university and nobody else will touch them. Better than an STI!

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9.10: You’ve obviously discovered the truth of your words…Did having STI’s prevent you from further advancements? Just askin’….

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Any news on Armagh’s MIAs this weather? Career moves afoot so the rumours say…
Will laicisation papers be submitted?

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Apparently Gardai in Waterford were aware of the Bill Kenneally case for a considerable period of time before arresting Mr. Kenneally in 2012.
” Despite Kenneally making verbal admissions to gardaí in 1987 about his activities, no prosecution was taken against the senior Fianna Fáil tallyman.
The family of the teen involved, who was not party to last week’s prosecution, refused to make a formal complaint.Gardaí did not take a formal statement from Kenneally because there was no complaint made.Gardaí did not launch a wider investigation at the time – and did not formally notify any of the sports clubs in which Kenneally was involved.
Officers accepted an assurance from Kenneally at the time that he was receiving expert medical help for his problem.”
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/victims-demand-to-know-why-paedophile-wasnt-stopped-after-1987-assault-34473296.html
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/former-td-was-told-cousin-abused-boys-but-he-said-nothing-35076323.html

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Kenneally’s Uncle was Msnr John Shine who Pat has spoken highly off. It has emerged in Waterford in recent years, from just before his death that Shine may well have covered up a lot of what was happening.

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