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NEW ZEALAND PAEDOPHILE MARIST BROTHER WHO ABUSED FOR 50 YEARS !!!

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In plain sight – the paedophile headteacher who escaped justice for 50 years

The Marist Brothers and Fathers have educated prime ministers, judges, cardinals and All Blacks at their prestigious Catholic high schools. But their record of sexual abuse is horrific. Worse still was their handling of the abuse when it was exposed. In this series, The Secret History, Steve Kilgallon investigates the power, abuse and cover-ups at the heart of two highly-influential and wealthy religious groups.

Warning: This story may be upsetting to some.

He was an exceptionally good teacher who brought history to life, who could spark teenage boys’ interest in Aristotle, Plato, Marx and the Reformation. He taught in some of New Zealand’s best-known schools, and ascended to be rector of one, St Patrick’s College Silverstream, a prestigious boys’ high school in Wellington. He lectured at Victoria University. He died with a glowing reputation, eulogised as a “brilliant and inspiring teacher”.

Francis ‘Frank’ Durning was “a very fine scholar”, Sir Tipene O’Regan recalled in his autobiography; Durning’s Christian theology classes were “one of the most liberating intellectual experiences of my life”.

Another former pupil always credited Durning as the teacher who transformed him “from an average student to a boy who topped his class”.

But Durning was a lifelong paedophile. His record was so lengthy, it seems incomprehensible that his behaviour was not known at the highest levels of Catholicism.

FRED THE FIDDLER

The present head of his order, Tim Duckworth, now denies ever telling a survivor of Durning’s abuse that his nickname within the Marist Fathers was ‘Fred the Fiddler’. Several former students, however, recall Durning being widely known as ‘The Fiddler’ and ‘The Groper’

Durning never faced the courts, police or even internal sanctions for his behaviour before he died in April 1999 at the age of 84. His story illustrates how entrenched paedophilia was in some Catholic schools, and the generational impact the abusers had even after they were long retired.

Durning was rector of Silverstream, and then vice-rector of its brother school, St Patrick’s College Wellington (known as ‘Stream’ and ‘Town’), both owned by the Marist Fathers.

Former pupils say his behaviour was common knowledge.

Everyone knew what was going to happen when you went up to Fred Durning’s room,” says Roy*, now 76, who was a third-former at St Pat’s Town in 1957, where Durning had moved a year earlier from Silverstream.

Every new arrival was given an appointment to visit Durning in his study-bedroom for a facts-of-life talk. When Roy arrived, Durning fondled his genitals. “It almost seemed an acceptable thing. I never said anything to my parents … It’s a wonder someone didn’t. Maybe they did?”

Mike Nicholas also had the summons. Durning pulled him close, pressing his erect penis against him, before Nicholas broke free and ran from the room. “It threw my head,” he says. “I felt so uncomfortable. What did I do to cause that? Durning was a very intelligent man, and he deliberately cultivated this image of being a holy priest… it must have been me, I thought [that caused his behaviour].”

Only after counselling many years later, in which he was invited to imagine ‘flushing’ Durning down the toilet, did Nicholas come to terms with the incident.

Another former pupil recalls: “I was outside his door once and a student came flying out of his room and said ‘you’re not going to get your hands on me, you dirty old bastard’.”

Roy wondered why nobody had complained

But perhaps they already had.

Before his arrival at Town in 1956, Durning had been rector – headteacher – of Silverstream from 1950 to 1954.

One of those he abused in those years was Pat Cleary. Cleary gave evidence, albeit posthumously (he passed away at the age of 82 in July 2020), to the Royal Commission currently enquiring into sexual abuse by the state and religious institutions.

Cleary, who said Durning had molested him and demanded intimate massages when he was a third-form student in 1951, and that another Marist Father, Patrick Minto, had kissed and cuddled him, was convinced two contemporaries had “blown the whistle” on Durning to the authorities, and Durning had been swiftly removed from the school to avoid further controversy.

The Catholic Church failed in an attempt to have much of Cleary’s testimony struck out and the names of Durning, Minto and others suppressed in the Commission’s transcripts.

Tim Duckworth said they wanted five names – including Minto’s – suppressed because they had no cases of abuse upheld against them and they “considered it similar to a person having name suppression in a court hearing until the evidence is heard.” He said he would welcome anyone with complaints about Minto to contact him.

Durning definitely departed Silverstream midway through the 1954 academic year. In 1955, his Rector’s Report in the school magazine thanks a Mr Watson for “accepting my invitation to come to our assistance when I was going on leave” and also, “I owe a special debt of gratitude to Father George who deputised for me during my absence from the school early in the year”.

Duckworth said he had no information that complaints were made about Durning in 1954. “I am happy to receive information that you are able to provide.”

Among the others Durning abused was Albert Lewis*. “Durning was 43 when I was at St Pat’s,” says Albert. “If he was abusing boys at three or four a year, he would have abused 200 boys.”

Now aged 83, Lewis says Durning is a name discussed when old boys gather. “This is a topic that can now be discussed around the barbecue,” he says. At one of them, a former classmate said at least 15 of his friends knew of Durning’s activities, or had been abused by him.

Lewis is convinced that Silverstream at the time was “like a crime ring”, citing Durning, Minto – whom he says was aware of Durning’s abuse of him – and the theologian Michael Shirres, later accused of multiple cases of abuse. He also named another teacher, also a Marist Father, of that time as an alleged abuser.

Responding to Lewis’s testimony at the Royal Commission, Tim Duckworth said: “I’m absolutely convinced when I read [his] evidence he believes we all knew about it all of the time. But I can and I would, if you wanted me to, and will subsequently show you that that’s not true, and couldn’t have been true.”

Asked about that declaration by Stuff, Duckworth said he would not comment on individual cases.

Durning would later teach at St Bede’s in Christchurch, spend time in Samoa (which later prompted former leader David Kennerley to promise to alert officials over there), and at Holy Cross College, a Catholic seminary in Mosgiel.

Mike Nicholas was studying at Holy Cross when a now elderly Durning arrived to deliver a lecture on the Reformation. He says Durning carefully avoided him. “I can really understand why people rave about Durning … he drew you right into it. It gave me a great appreciation, but I was still wary of the bastard.”

Durning was later appointed chaplain at Rochester Hall, a Canterbury University hall of residence, and lectured history part-time at the university.

Even as an elderly man, Durning continued to offend. Another former Canterbury student remembers arriving as a first year student and being asked by Durning to dress a ‘carbuncle’ on his inner, upper thigh. “I got out of there as soon as I could, and when the veterans arrived, I was warned immediately about him … told it was not unusual, and I’d had a lucky escape.”

Nicholas recalls one former Rochester student saying they had pranked Durning by turning on a communal shower then using a stopwatch to time how long it would take Durning to arrive to catch a glimpse of a naked student.

PAT SAYS

Imagine a so called “religious” abusing boys for 50 years!

Imagine his superiors covering all that up for 50 years!

But hear this story time and time again.

We have been hearing it now for 20 + years.

We will continue to hear it for 20 + more years.

We will probably end up with MILLIONS OF CASES of children abused by Priests, religious brothers and nuns.

Imagine the reports yet to come from AFRICA and SOUTH AMERICA and ASIA where thousands of Irish and other national missionaries were despatched to.

How can it be inaccurate, unjust or over the top to call this suffering a HOLOCAUST?

And unlike in Hitler’s case ALL DONE IN THE NAME OF GOD!

DUBLIN CHANGES

205 replies on “NEW ZEALAND PAEDOPHILE MARIST BROTHER WHO ABUSED FOR 50 YEARS !!!”

A putrid organisation facilitated by criminal bishops and superiors and silent coward clergy. Thats how that happened in NZ. 100 years and more of their exposure ahead .

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And yet again I ask:
How can it be said that this apparently intelligent educated priest held any belief in the religious faith and teachings his “priesthood ” represented?
Such an extended history of abusive sinful behaviour, is the direct antithesis of Christianity.
Did he really believe any of the whole edifice of Christian teaching?
How does one explain not only his own blatant disregard for Christianity’s teachings, but additionally, the countless other RC clerical abuse constantly being revealed on a worldwide basis?
One might well argue that though they might have entered a seminary with well intentioned naive altruism, many clerics came to realise that religious beliefs are all a massive “con-job” but nevertheless the road to an easy prestigious lifestyle difficult to abandon. And having given up on religious beliefs, the whole God concept rigmarole, would it be right to say that the weaker kind of clerics maintained their public persona prestigious role while finding other “compensations?”
I find such explanations much more compelling than the “rotten apple” explanation scenario.
And I don’t think ALL clerics are charlatans. But I do believe many question the shallow nature of their religious beliefs yet maintain a helpful pastoral role more from personal generosity of spirit than religious conviction.
MMM

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Of course he didn’t. If he had the slightest idea that his religion was real he wouldn’t have done this.
I actually think a lot of apparent believers don’t really believe their religion at all but go along with it for whatever other motivation they’ve got going on.

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With respect, MMM, surely you as a former social worker know something on the psychology of pedophiles. These individuals are very damaged and damaging,
psycho- sexually fixated, very immature persons, whether priests or laity.

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Yes @ 9.44, I totally agree.
The psychological mindset of paedophiles is almost always fixated. Invariably power and control pervades their abusive interactions with vulnerable dependents. There’s no better examples than clerical abusers whose abuse is all the more grievous.
MMM

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@12:42
Spot on, MMM. What I find particularly outrageous is the misguided notion of paedophilic acts seen only in terms of sin. These abusive acts must be viewed as criminal. These individuals are dangerous needing to be monitored where possible. Superiors covering up for paedophiles in the priesthood are also criminals particularly if aiding and abetting by moving these individuals to different parishes, ministries, or countries. The Godfellah relies on human beings to do what is morally right and just.

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Wrong, MMM.
I explained this to you before. It is the fact that these religious beliefs ARE credible to such vile perverts that matters supremely to them. They have to hold these beliefs as credible, otherwise they could not function as paedophiles/ephebophiles, while self-presenting as spiritually and psychologically adjusted about their immoral behaviour.
Roman Catholicism, from its early centuries, has dealt in a kind of perverse bookkeeping about personal sin and salvation. (Read the Irish Penitentials for a startling taste of this.)
Historically, every sin carries a penitential tariff, and this system still operates in the Roman Catholic confessional today. It’s subtext, despite what any priest might tell you to the contrary, is that God can be ‘bought off’ (‘appeased’) by acts of penance rather than by actual conversion. It remains a sacramental truism that, even though a priest may pronounce absolution over a penitent, the process of reconciliation with God is not completed UNTIL the person carries out the penance imposed by the priest (usually, some prayers). It is the penance, not the penitence, that ‘seals the deal’.
We have the sainted Jerome to blame for this corruption. In his vulgate translation, he misrepresented, in Latin, the Greek ‘metanoeite’ (‘repentance’ of sin, or ‘turning away’ from it) as ‘poenitentiam agite’ (or ‘do penance’ for sin). It is something the romanist church has never truly corrected.
The vile perverts featuring on today’s blog would have had their corrupted consciences stilled by the thought that, even though they sexually and recidivistically molested children, the fact that they were involved in good works, too, would have acted as a moral counterbalance to their sins. Would have cancelled the penitential debt, as it were, and, in good time, open the gates of Heaven to them.
Roman Catholicism has long taught reliance on priests, sacraments, and good works rather than on Christ. It is why marauding Normans, after wholesale and merciless slaughter of enemies, would sometimes have a monastery built, and installed an order of monks, to ‘buy off’ God, and, much more importantly, keep themselves from Hell. No need, then, for the laborious chore of personal conversion when there is available such a convenient short-cut.
Roman Catholicism is, arguably, one of the most corrupt and disingenuous forms of Christianity ever to have existed. And arguably, from the point of personal salvation, one of the most dangerous.

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@11:24. Really!
You expect me, or any sensible person for that matter, to believe that this Marist paedophile, or the likes of Newry’s Malachy Finnegan, really believed they could “buy off” ( again & again & again &&&&&!) their God’s requirements for moral behaviour in such a manner? Codswallop!
What a strange quasi symbiotic relationship between some weird imaginary Godfellah and the regrettably very real abusers.
MMM

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12.49
I wasn’t asking you to believe anything, MMM: simply telling you the historical truth about the interrelationship of penance and salvation in Romanism.
Cast your mind back to when you were a kid. Didn’t you use the confessional in precisely this way? As a means of mitigating guilt and punishment for sin, and knowing that you could do so again, week in – week out, (or however often mammy had you confess) to the same repetitive end?

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Yes @ 1.19, I well remember my boyhood phase of indoctrinated belief in confessional and other religious codswallop right up into 2nd Divinity when so much became apparent nonsense and I then really began to question fundamental matters of religious belief. That was over 50 years ago. And my conviction that it’s all a farrago of nonsense has grown stronger as the years pass with no convincing evidence for the objective foundations of religious beliefs: rather the contrary.
What you “explain” now, and previously is but part and parcel of the same intellectual and moral convolutional theological arguments much beloved by clerics: “wood and trees” comes to mind.
MMM

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8.55: MMM: You ask very legitimate questions, though repeated so frequently. However, quite apart from problems with religious beliefs for any person, I believe some – all too many – sought a niche for their potential as educationalists through joining religious orders and it was a very respectable and “noble” career profession. Underneath the piety which I’m sure was genuine, these men who probably entered at 13 or 14 or 15…hadn’t psychologically developed. Nor would there have been a well grounded formation programme, concentrating instead in the harsher forms of spiritual discipline to curb sexual urges.The shame and guilt and damning of normal human contacts, often despised, turned young men into raging, conflicted sexual beings. I witnessed this as a scholasticate in a nivitiate at 16 years of age. I left after 9 months. I did not find the public confessing of sins to be good for my health. I can appreciate the sexual frustrations and subsequent destructive manifestations of such teachings and practises when these men turned to sexual abuse. That is just one strand of a complex issue..Where I became aware of sexual abuse on 2 occasiins, I informed authorities both civil and ecclesial – end of 1970’s.. Two persons were removed because I persisted. Their cleverness, manipulative machinations were scary and I was threatened because of what I witnessed. and reported. There is a horrible deviancy at play in paedophiles who mask it through piety. This story about the Marist Fathers is, yet again, very, very disturbing. I just hope that survivors will receive justice. I cannot fathom why any adult who may suspect abuse or engage in it can ever reconcile their behaviour with a religious belief…They are delusional.

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11.42

No, they are not delusional. They were misinformed and misdirected by a dangerous, so-called ‘spirituality’ down the centuries. Read the comment above yours, at 11.24.

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And yet again I ask:
How can it be said that apparently intelligent educated social workers held any belief in the safeguarding and care their “social work” represented?

Such an extended history of abusive sinful behaviour, is the direct antithesis of social work.
Do they really believe any of the whole edifice of social work?
How does one explain not only blatant disregard for social work good practice and training, but additionally, the countless other social worker abuse constantly being revealed on a worldwide basis?
One might well argue that though they might have entered a polytechnic with well intentioned naive altruism, many social workers came to realise that social work training is all a massive “con-job” but nevertheless the road to an easy prestigious lifestyle difficult to abandon. And having given up on good practice, the whole social work concept rigmarole, would it be right to say that the weaker kind of social workers maintained their public persona prestigious role while finding other “compensations?”
I find such explanations much more compelling than the “rotten apple” explanation scenario.
And I don’t think ALL social workers are charlatans. But I do believe many question the shallow nature of their social work beliefs yet maintain a helpful pastoral role more from personal generosity of spirit than professional conviction.
Not MMM

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The social workers I’ve met have been very odd, with many having poor hygiene and reeking of alcohol or having facial tics.

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1:34
You make social workers sound like a secular from of priesthood; the holier than thou do- gooders without God brigade. The blog has a former senior social work child protection team leader commenting for the last 7 years to a blog focusing on abuse corruption and crime in the catholic church. I find it very curious, this former social worker rarely if ever comments or shares practice wisdom from his former professional experience. Maybe such practice wisdom and experience is considered too sacrosanct to share with the uninitiated in the secular social work priesthood.

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To my recollection it has already been made clear that comments by MMM to this blog are focused on matters of religious beliefs: not responding to other hobby horse concerns.

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11:16 pm
And who might you be? The focus of this blog is abuse corruption and crime in the RCC
in Ireland and Internationally. A former social work child protection team leader who claims not to believe in the existence of God yet seems preoccupied with matters of religious belief is curious. What is perplexing is his reluctance to share practice wisdom on child protection matters on a blog focusing on abuse, etc. Maybe religious beliefs is his hobby horse concern.

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MMM at 8.55am
Regarding religious or Catholic beliefs, everyone were different. But I think Catholic beliefs were somewhat diluted as time goes on.
He came from pre vat 2 which he should have strong Catholic beliefs or convictions. If he thought that his job was pastoral then his beliefs wouldn’t come into it. I noticed that re my experience with Cbs brothers whose lens they viewed their job as pastoral but they don’t normally talk about Catholic beliefs etc. Few of them ended up abusing deaf kids or had affairs with nurses including student nurses as well. It’s all about looking good at the exterior but not the interior side of it.
But I knew one Cbs who was very strong in his Catholic beliefs as he gave us ‘mini’ retreats. I recall he went to Maynooth to study theology and its mixed with lay women as well. It was only three years ago or two I found out that he got married as he left CBS. it was ironic that I met his brother who ran a shop in Galway which I learned more re him leaving etc. He was one of most decent cbs who never abused kids but he couldn’t do anything re abuses etc cos he was simply a low CBS with no influence.
He was quite skeptical re deaf kids abuse. But one cbs who worked with him directly and under his nose, went on to abuse deaf kids and ended up in court some 10 years ago.
Catholic beliefs has to do with the environment that we were growing up with etc. Also Catholic teaching was non existant when I was young, practically nothing whatsoever just barely scratching the surface.
Think Catholic beliefs were a lot stronger in pre vat 2 rather than now or any of the decades after vat 2

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2.36 Media is littered with court reports on social workers who failed to act in best interests of vulnerable in their case files. Same Cruel and indifferent mentality as Catholic church clergy & members.

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2.36: Pat, you were condemned before by professional bodies and public figures for some allegations you made about social workers. You offended many. What is specifically is it hat you have found problematic with social workers?

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So what if people are offended. Are abuser social workers immune from criticism? I just googled “social worker abuse” and this is the first of many cases that come up. If you have the impertince to mention Baby P and the recurring trajedies under Haringey Social Services, the socialworkerbots on the blog lose it completely.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/apr/26/social-workers-failed-act-quickly-protect-neglected-toddler-inquiry-northamptonshire

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3:00pm
Any cover-ups in social work? Any symbiotic relationships quasi or otherwise between social work practitioners, senior social workers and health and social services? Any scapegoating in social work to avoid responsibility for negligence, incompetence or professional liability and malpractice? I await your reply or a reply from your professional association.

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Is Jim Heaver S.M. in or out of prison ? He was the Headmaster of St. Marys Dundalk and was criminal in actions. Civil cases taken…but he did go to prison, not one word in the media ….the power of the Marist Fathers in this country also. From Boyle in Co Roscommon. Same vintage as Niall Ahern also form Boyle.

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Is Irish Roman Catholic Church using its vast wealth to suppress Irish Media on serious matters of Sexual & Financial Abuse????????says:

9.25 If even 1% of the effort that is put into suppression by these authorities were channeled into genuine steps and actions to rehabilitate victims & to close future avenues of wrongdoing, they might get some respect. Zero conscience. They only log onto this blog to insult, harrass, intimidate & silence victims & supporters revealing truth about them & their corrupt and deviant networks. Vultures & parasites. Serious questions to be asked on what they do to suppress Irish media etc.

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Corrupter of Boys is what they are and have been for a millennia and more.

It’s their ting – IICSA exposed this – Nursie and Elsie won’t recover – they are tainted and exposed as cover up merchants.

Why? God knows – it’s a perfect storm of celibacy,homosexuality and hypocrisy- plus let’s be clear and honest – celibate men prefer sex with boys.

I believe what will happen is the RCC church will become an Outlaw – identified as a real and present threat to children and a menace, a blot if you like – I believe that most clergy are dangerous and bad to know.

I also think that bishops are Occult adepts – adept at Cover Up and Concealment – they preach but don’t practice.

Worlock was probably a Worlock!

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Any former students who have been subjected to abuse at the Marist College in Athlone, please contact Bishop Buckley by email: bishopbuckley1@outlook.com
“The only places on this globe where there has been no evidence of sexual abuse by priests is the kingdoms of Bhutan and Nepal, because there are no priests, and Antarctica, because it is all penguins.”

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Read: Natural History of the Adelie Penguin
The priests might have met their match with the penguins, perhaps that’s why they didn’t “go there”.

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@ 9:34am
Please God the Inquirer isn’t you know who, but I fear so when your email contact was published she can’t help herself. Apart from that these dreadful Marist’s have to be brought to justice. I’m sure Durning has already had the justice he deserves.

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@ 10.23
You take the seriousness out of todays topic to think about your Jim S.
No wonder very few Scottish people on here now where is Taggart, Garngad Lad and the rest of the crew all hiding with the daisy chain.

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@10:23 Hush you anonymous gormless gombeen. Who do you think sent Pat the article on the NZ Marists? KI

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Anonymous at 9.43am
I do not know what this daisy chain is that you are writing about. I am just a single minded lad from the Garngad who like fair play and very very moderate in my opinions.. I do not make scurrilous or personal attacks on others.
You have made the point that I am hiding as well asTaggart (whoever he may be). That is simply not true. Many of my comments have not been published. Presumably because I disagree. Incidentally, I have been called Taggart in the past because I have caught fiddlers in my role as investigative auditor.
10.23 am and you do not make any sense.
Pax
Garngad Lad

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Garngad Lad
You must be the only Catholic in the Holy City of Glasgow that does not know the daisy chain with Clergy, laity and the undertaker.
Hot Tubs, Alcohol and Food but finished with SEX

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Where is your evidence of this? Name names and give facts. Do not give us gossip. There
is nothing holy about Glasgow. Bigotry kicked that out of our city.
I have reacted to your post at 9.43am.
Pax
Garngad Lad

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Tu ad insaniam convertunt vaccum @ 9:43am
Get a grip Miss Bean, I see you’ve been on Google translate AGAIN. Sadly it’s my Christian duty to expose you every time you post your garbage and evilness on here. For instance yesterday you mentioned Patsy’s partner who had absolutely nothing to do with the comment being discussed. It was of course a dig at Patsy ya nasty oul wagon.

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Spare a thought for the Persecuted Seminarians of America. Gentlemen who would have gone on to become clergymen of good standing. It is an absolute disgrace that they have been wrongfully banished to the wilderness.

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Spare a thought for the Persecuted Seminarians of Great Britain and Ireland.
Gentlemen who would have gone on to become clergymen of good standing. It is an absolute disgrace that they have been wrongfully banished to the wilderness.

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Garngad Lad.
They have all been named and shamed on this blog from Bishops, Clergy, Lay Faithful and undertaker and only John keenan tried to defend the indefensible as it is factual and they know it is the TRUTH.
They would have contacted Bishop Pat and instructed him to retract it but Bishop Pat is still waiting.
John Keenan tried with an Estate Agency Solicitor his friend and as you know both John Keenan and Father Matthew Carlin (who’s picture was on here with John Keenan) both done Law at University and Matthew is also a Canon Lawyer and Bishop Pat still waits.

They all know the Courts would inform them they are not economical with the TRUTH and Patricia McKeever from Catholic Truth Scotland has been egnored also.

Bill Nolan was successful in silencing Matthew Despard but the daisy chains Glasgow, Paisley and Motherwell are to big for a Bishop to tackle or there would be massive shortages.

To quote the dausley chain undertaker he says he has them all in the Hot Tub with Alcohol and food as he thought it would improve his business sadly they has not been an improvement and very few if any hot tub sessions since named and shamed on this blog.

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@4:08pm

Garngad Lad

Take anything you hear from that quarter with a large pinch of salt. She’s only hitting you with all that gossip because she furious she can’t be Daisy, as none of the chain would entertain her. Beware! Patsy take note.😏

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10:06 Fr. Ger had more than just one “dalliance” with women parishioners during his stint as a pastoral minister. Leading the female ewes astray was never part of Fr. Ger’s job description and his victims still await an official apology from the Reverend Father himself. A gentle reminder that the mystery of the 17k, which witness “William” claims was not Fr. Ger’s money, has yet to come to light. Fr. Ger Fitzgerald’s name is still listed on the Killaloe Diocese website c/o Westbourne which means that this scandal is far from over. We realise that Fr. Ger is genuinely missed in Cloughleigh but please avail of his estimable successor, the other Fr. Ger, who actually seems to be doing his job as a priest minus the superfluous instrument playing, the blessing of “pussies and doggos” and the intimate ”dalliances” with women parishioners. We sincerely regret any inconvenience that this change may have caused the ladies of Ennis Parish. Believe me Sir/Madam.

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Killaloe Spokeswomen.
Of course it is far from over with ger fitzgerald as he is still playing the poor me card.
He blames the two ladies, Bishop Pat and others who contacted Bishop Fintan.
So it will be a canonical trial however I am possitive it will come down on the TRUE victims side and that of Bishop Fintan.
Ger Fitzgerald needs to accept he will not be back in a parish in the RCC.
Father ger Jones is trying his best in a horrible situation with the Ger F fan club.

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10.55am We want to make it very clear on this platform that there never has been a spokeswoman for the Diocese of Killaloe. Whoever is claiming to be one is a fraud. Please refrain from using “Killaloe” in any future headings.

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8:40 I will certainly NOT refrain from using Killaloe in headings. You do not own Killaloe although I’m sure you’d like to think you do.

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So allegations of financial irregularities have been raised again on this blog. I dont know about William or Carole but I see it as a duty to have this investigated by the authorities. Therefore I am going to gather together all blogs wherein this question is raised and I’m now inviting Carole and William to come forward with their hard evidence of financial irregularities in relation to this priest’s money. A bank receipt is not, I repeat,not evidence of financial irregularities so I’ll assume there is more irrefutable evidence. Carole and William, I invite you now to present the evidence se we can get the ball rolling.

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10:58 I have no idea who you are or by what authority you are asking us to come forward. “William” will not divulge anything unless he is forced to in a court of law under oath. He has already spoken to Fintan Monahan about the money as Fintan requested to meet with him, but of course that information will be kept confidential.

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@10.58 there has been no evidence of financial irregularity. The only ‘irregularity’ is the bank statement “falling” out of Ger’s pocket, as if by a miracle.

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11:54 If there was no evidence of financial irregularity then why did Fintan come all the way to the bridge to meet with the man who knows the details of where the money came from and what it was intended for?!

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@10.49. You’ve no case at all. Nothing civil. Zero. Nada. You’ve been threatening court action but you have nothing. Please give it a rest

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That comment at 10:49 was not mine 🤣 so eat my dust Turncoat Todd. KI

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It’s well and truley over, not only will he not be back, confirmation was given through appointments that he’s not being moved on either.

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How would you feel Yvonne of he was a the PP of a new parish in next year’s changes?

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Yvonne, I believe it is over for Ger also. I’m so sorry that you were treated so badly, you deserve peace.

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11:26 My name is Karen. What’s yours? Your obsession with me is really getting out of hand. Heard anything about Fr. Ger from your Castleconnell spies recently? Carpet bombing is not a profession for a Lady in a big house on the hill. Your faux concern for Fr. Ger Fitzgerald is a joke. You were one of his biggest critics on this blog until you heard about my political beliefs. By any chance are you a Shinner? I bet “From the river to the sea…” is your favourite rally cry. Why don’t you grow a pair and tell us who you really are? We all know that will never happen because you prefer to remain an anonymous keyboard wuss.

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1:22 So you admit that you are still trying to get info on Fr. Ger? I find that extremely weird and a bit on the psychotic side. Why would you need information on him? Feckin hilarious that you think you are a solicitor now. You have no clue what I am up to and who I have already spoken to. You do a good job at pretending to know everything you pathetic weakling…What gives you the right to say that Ger sinned against the other victim? I thought you said you weren’t a priest? 🤣. Try to keep your stories straight 😂.

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@12.56 my spies keep me informed, certainly. However you wont be getting any more info. Because you are an angry, vengeful lady. Ger broke off the relationship. That’s literally the only thing he did to you. It happens all the time in ordinary life. Ger has sinned – against Yvonne. He was miles offside. You are simply on a revenge mission. The readers here can see that.

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It may be. But leading people along a path, raising their hopes and promising them things you don’t mean is very damaging to some people.

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Kindly refer to Bishop Buckley’s comments at 2:18 2:28 2:33 today. Have a good one Turncoat Todd & other assorted GF fan club members 😜

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You omadhaun 🤣. Did it ever occur to you that the other victim is on the blog writing anonymous comments? You really aren’t as clever as I originally gave you credit for!

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@12.57 change your record. Same old same old. Please dont boil any bunnies in between posting comments.

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No need to be childish. If you want to be taken seriously don’t treat your matter like a game. Todd is also correct as I too find your tone toxic.

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@2.12 the other victim said she left.
Now its just you taking pictures of priests leaving cafes. Unsettling.

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3:04 The other victim left the blog? 😂 Time you booked an eye vision test at Specsavers. Fool.

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Pat Ger will not be back in a RCC as a Priest as for one he has brought the Church into disreput but more so he has serious offended the Victims and as you know part of his role is to look after the lay faithful.
I do not gamble however I would on the fact that Ger Fitzgerald will NOT be back in any Dioceses of the Catholic Church either this year or next year.
You know very well sadly from horrendous experience that it takes time to get it sorted.

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Hold on a minute here .You Yvonne Drake made a comment here on the 14th saying…”I will no longer be taking part or associating with these blogs, as I want to move on with my life.
so I wish Carol and pat all the best going forward with them but my name is not to be mentioned or dragged into it. I wish Ger, Fintan and the diocese all the best for the future.
People on the blog even went as far as wishing you good luck – what was all that about – what game are you playing madame?
As Abraham Lincoln said in his quote “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” That quote applies to you and another. Will say no more.

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6:02 You certainly can’t fool me with your prolix pontificating !!!!! Abraham Lincoln never made that quote and I have never lied about Fr. Ger so who is the real fool here? 🤣🤣🤣https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/161924

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I do believe that the length of blog time does not fit the crime. Ger Fitzgerald is spoken of daily and its getting boring. No crime committed, no court case and as for the money, will we ever truly find out? I doubt it very much. He is out of ministry and Killaloe rumours has it that he has left ministry altogether. Yes Ger Fitzgerald did wrong but no comparison to Durning. Yvonne suffered greatly but thank God she has found peace and left the blog behind her.

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1:57 I did not bring up Ger Fitzgerald on the blog today but whenever his name is mentioned by someone else then I reserve the right to reply. Don’t like it? Too bad. It’s called free speech. KI

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Until the GF matter is resolved he remains a person of interest on this blog.

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As long as Ger’s situation in Kilaloo is unresolved it is current news.

And neither of the victims have been given closure.

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You are the only one that cares anymore, constant reminders of what……how he dumped and duped you? Move on and live your best life, best revenge.

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Let us know when you have more facts about Ger Fitzgerald and let the blog concentrate on the topic of the day. Thanks Bishop Pat.

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2.37: Pat, in a strange way, your constant using of people’s abuse perpetuates their hurt. You abuse by daily references.

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And you’dive ne to stop !

I will blog for as long as victims want ne to.

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2.12 It says another about you when you call people names Karen. You come across as a bully. Just saying….

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Tell us why Ger broke up with you again? Oh wait, you never said….. I’m no fan of Ger Fitz and what he did to Yvonne was disgusting but you Karen are not telling the blog the full story.

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2.28pm Fintan Monahan & his team of mushroom farmers out in force today, Bishop Pat 😏

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1:35 You can delude yourself into thinking that no one else cares but there are still unresolved issues that need to be addressed. I did not mention GF today at all until the minions came out. Stop trying to give me your unsolicited advice. I will live my life the way I best see fit. I realise that the subject of GF vexes some of you because you are on his team but until we get closure, the subject of GF is still current, so I suggest that you either suck it up or get off the blog 🥳.

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@3.28 calm yourself and maybe lay off the vino.
If a man took pictures of an ex girlfriend leaving a cafe with another man he’d be done for stalking.
You are stalking GF.

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Killaloe unresolved yes but when it’s solved Bishop Pat will publish it. You bully, name call and belittle, you are offensive, defensive and cannot bear criticism, so no matter what we say, if it doesn’t suit your agenda it’s wrong. Put that in your pipe. Now call me a Ger lover etc….. with your vitriolic reply

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Abbot Rawhide was featured almost daily on these pages till he resigned. Same with Fr Ger – he will linger as a subject of this blog’s interest until some definitive action happens.

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Ger is out of ministry, the same as Richard Purcell. The difference being, Purcell left himself, Ger was pushed by the Bishop. No difference in my eyes. Ger also was not named in the Diocesan changes for Killaloe.

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None of us really know what plans the church has for either Purcell or Fitzgerald.

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3:53 STFU you imbecile. No law against taking a photo outside in a public place. The photo was evidence that the priest was lying about being sick. Pat published the photo at his own discretion. Is that the worst you can do Hamassnik? I do not regret taking the photo. It is another piece of evidence that the priest-man lied. The fact that you make such efforts to degrade me because of my politics just goes to show that you are another narcissist p—ck quite similar to Fitzgerald. You will NEVER get me off the blog so f—k off.

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You are lying when you say he jyst ‘ghosted’ you I quote you from an eariler blog……..”I accepted him with all his faults and weaknesses (God knows I have my own) and the relationship continued to grow until about August 2021 when an incident happened while we were out with a mutual friend. I behaved very badly and, in fact, was quite rude. This happened as a result of my insecurities and I did apologise for it profusely, but I think this incident marked the beginning of the end”
Please don’t change the narrative to suit you Carole. I don’t like Fr Ger as I’m reading this blog along time but I call bullshit on your story.

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3:12 GF didn’t “break up” with me. He simply ghosted me just like he did to Yvonne and just like he did to the other woman mentioned on the blog and probably to lay students at Maynooth (he bragged about having affairs to Pat). A pathological liar, deceiver, manipulator, womaniser and greedy priest who still shows no remorse. “Before all the shit broke I was just about to launch a new youth community project for those under 13 who can’t go to the community centres etc.. I’d even negotiated the funding for it.. it’s things like that that really make me sad.. snakey drakey took a lot of things away with what she did and there is no retribution for her… none”
No. Yvonne is not to blame Fr. Ger. You made this shitty mess on your own. DEAL WITH IT!!!!

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6:45 I never lied. I told him that I had Borderline Personality Disorder and that’s why I reacted badly to the change in plans. He told me that I was courageous for telling him the truth. The priest said that he wouldn’t abandon me and yet he eventually did. He knew that I was vulnerable and that I have BPD and yet he continued to see me until January 2022. When I started to cop on and call him out on all the other women and his lies then he dropped me like a hot potato and ghosted me! I told him that I had suicidal ideation and he ignored me! A man who was involved with suicide prevention projects as a priest in Cloughleigh 🤣. I begged him to talk with me and end things nicely but he told me that he was sick and next day I caught him out with one of his ladies. That’s why I took the picture. To prove he is a LIAR! I look back at all the messages between us and I was always apologising to him because I was afraid to lose him. He gaslighted me many times. He took full advantage of my vulnerable state. Ger’s former best friend “William” said he USED me. The priest is still a priest regardless of whether or not he is in ministry. He is still getting paid by the RCC. Bishop Pat will decide whether or not to blog about him and I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if someone mentions Fr. Ger on this blog, I reserve the right to reply.

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8:13 I don’t care who you are. Everyone uses fake names on this blog. Abraham Lincoln did not say what you are claiming he said. Check your facts 🥳.

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6.44PM – Undoubtedly the most famous utterance ever attributed to Lincoln is, “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. Is this enough proof for you Karen aka Carol/Todd and NO I am NOT Fr. Ger as presumed by you. Do you really have to ask who the real fool is? You need to get help before its too late.

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It was obvious that you had some mental health diagnosis from the comments you have posted. Ger Fitzgerald can’t tie his own shoelaces let alone care for someone with an ilness. But BPD is a difficult personality disorder for yourself and others to live with. I’m sure it’s destroyed many if your relationships over the years.
You need to leave this blog and its not good for your mental health. I know you will probably bark back saying ‘ fuck off I don’t need advice’ you need to at the least go and speak to a therapist. You will always have a voice with Pat.

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We ALL have mental health issues at different times.

It does ot take away our right or ability to speak the truth to power.

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Bishop Pat, BPD is a personality disorder, its more than a little mental health issue. Please speak to someone qualified to speak on this matter.

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From talking to Karen over a long period I can assure you she is well attuned to her needs and her general life management.

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You are very mistaken Bishop Pat, you need to seek professional advice on BPD, it’ll help you help you help Carole. I speak from experience.

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But you are not speaking the truth Karen. You give bits of a story and then get angry when challanged. You change the narrative to suit the agenda. The blog knows Ger Fitz needs to be outed!!! Nobody defends him but they challange you.
Speak your vemon on the blog if you wish.

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9:51 Don’t you dare tell me that I am not speaking the truth. I have never changed the “narrative” to suit my needs. That’s what Fr. Ger does. You’re trying to make me out to be a “nutter”, just like Ger 🤣. I may be a lot of things, but a liar I am not.

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@7.48 I wasnt aware you had BPD. While it helps explain some of the remarks you have made, it doesnt excuse them. The piecemeal revelation of personal things about Ger has been scandalous and has done nobody any favours. Your name-calling and swearing is atrocious as well.
That said, you were wronged no doubt. But is it malicious or simply the stupidity and poor choices of a man who at his age should have known better? Do we not all sin? Should his castigation continue forever?

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11:46
I wasnt aware you had BPD.
Of course you weren’t aware of it because I never mentioned it on the blog until now. I have nothing to hide unlike some people here.
While it helps explain some of the remarks you have made, it doesnt excuse them.
Are you now a moral judge of right and wrong on the blog?
The piecemeal revelation of personal things about Ger has been scandalous and has done nobody any favours.
Scandalous for who? 🤣 When I feel that I am attacked, I will fight back, and that includes but is not limited to, divulging more of the priest’s secrets. I have no secrets and am not afraid of Ger revealing my own personal information which he already has done with his his friends and family. He should know from the blog that I have nothing to lose anymore so he can do his worst. I am not taking abuse anymore from anyone including you.
Your name-calling and swearing is atrocious as well.
Your comments on Israel are atrocious to me and a plethora of “anonymous” people on this blog swear and name-call worse than me.

That said, you were wronged no doubt. But is it malicious or simply the stupidity and poor choices of a man who at his age should have known better?
It wasn’t an isolated incident. There is a pattern of Fr. Ger targeting vulnerable women and then lying about his victims in order to discredit them.
Do we not all sin? Should his castigation continue forever?
You sound like a priest again. I reserve the right to reply when Ger supporters mention his name on the blog. The Fr. Ger saga has not been resolved.

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No need to imagine either of those scenarios, Pat, when there is already the objective existence of a squalid historical catalogue of stark institutional Roman Catholic corruption and criminality against, especially, the very young, but against also vulnerable women and men.
The world will not know peace, and children will never be safe, until the scourge of institutional Roman Catholicism, like so much sewage, is flushed away from sight, and forever.

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4.56
Ger Fitzgerald is NOT out of ministry as he will not resign so he is still a Priest of Killaloe Diocese and will be till he resigns or a canonical trial gives the verdict.
Karen / Carole is not acting properly and she is playing her cards wrong as it has happened before that both in cases end up together and the dioceses is tarred.
So although Ger is not on the appointments for 2022 a canonical trial could come on his side and he will be listed in 2023 but that is not going to happen he will be dismissed.
Ger Fitzgerald has a fan base and think the Bishop is wrong and you just need to look at the comments above in his defence and it is a worry for Bishop

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1. Nobody is defending Ger Fitz. I have read no such comments. I have read comments about Karen’s behaviour on the blog.
2. If Ger Fitz is in ministry, what is his role in the diocese? Why did he not celebrate his father’s funeral mass?

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@5.31 what about the authorities in Ennis, can the police not do anything about this Fitzgerald priest and his so called fan base. Why do they insist on squabbling with the Bishop to have him reinstated, if he is sleeping with some of them why can’t he just get a new job & let all concerned get on with their responsibilities inside & outside the church. Fr Fitzgerald sounds like a devious agitator digging his heels in for compensation although he breached his code of office. Dreadful for all concerned.

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6:04 No one is defending Ger?! Look at comment from 10:06 today. As Pat pointed out, who is to say that Fitzgerald won’t be back in a different parish in a year’s time?

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Richard Purcell was not a priest of Killaloe and I could nearly guarantee that Ger is not on a full salary if on a salary at all!

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6.07 “nearly guarantee”!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hark at the catlick lawyer from the chattering classes! A spokesperson for the Diocese of Killaloe are you now?! We have our own team of solicitors, thank you. Blessings.

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Why is it that the Catholic Church in particular continues to attract such ‘holy’ men? Is it because the APPEARANCE of holiness matters so much more to this institution than the real thing? Lets face it: it was maintaining the facade of wall-to-wall holiness that drove popes, cardinals, bishops and priests to silence or ignore the scores of children raped by clergy down the centuries.
These men can truly be called ‘Pharisees’ because, like them, Catholic priests prefer pretence to piety.

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I must take issue with this comment because it’s inaccurate. It isn’t true to say they prefer pretence to piety because it’s all pretence and all about the grift.

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I am Surprised Fr Frank Dresden been made ADM of A parish ,and he only A wet weekend in the job.. It used to be the case that A newly ordained priest, was A curate with other priests in A parish for A few year’s before becoming PP or ADM.

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Regarding the clerical appointments for Dublin….I’m obviously far outside of the loop with all the new lingo…what does “TA” mean?

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Níl means no. Feminists know all about saying “no”. If they say “yes” however and later regret it, they do not want to take responsibility and want to blame everyone else.

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Ah, now that there is a sure sign of a non-speaker of the language. There is no word as Gaeilge for yes. We learned that in high infants!

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11.01 that’s what they all do, cover up merchants one and all in the Roman Catholic Church worldwide.

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11.01 They were sadistic Fathers when I was at school with them in 1977 to 1982. Heneghan, O’ Cleirigh, Dooley and a sliding scale of the other Fathers in their enjoyment of leathering boys. Incomprensible to me now. Their tongues between their lips as they did it. Whacked the daylights out of some guys. Sadists and sadistic.

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That nickname thing is very similar to what happened with Fr David Pearce at Ealing Abbey.
The boys used to call him gay Dave and instead of singing ‘Oh Sir Jasper do not touch me’, the rugby team used to sing ‘Oh Fr David do not touch me’. Both well within sight and earshot of monks and other teachers and this went on for decades. There are even recorded instances of boys refusing to be in the same room with the pervert.
Yet strangely they all deny knowing this and nobody noticed this.
Remarkable.
Morals my arse.

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Len Brennan
No it seems it is extended and he will not be part of the Curia however at some point in the future hopefully he will return and do some work in a parish.

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Has he ever worked in a parish? Even when we were in Clonliffe he was always mixing with the higher ups

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PROVEN BOILER ROOM PRIESTY BOYS & NOT FALSELY ACCUSED BUNNY BOILERS ARE SUBJECT OF THIS BLOGsays:

@1.15 but these clergy not too grand to get down and dirty in Boiler Room & similar Priesty Joints. So dishonest.

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11.55 Get it right Len Brennan, these clergy “work a parish” just like they “work the room” to pick up their next conquest. They are contemptuous of the few left who “work in a parish”.

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I am surprised Dublin has embraced the non-existent ecclesiastical office of a co-parish priest. Also, what’s all the nonsense of Very and Right Reverends? All that has been swept away in England.

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12:52 That’s cos you copy the Anglicans, whom you’d really like to be. In Ireland we don’t and we use the titles and honorifics used by the Universal Church.

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So 12.13 pm where is the ecclesiastical office of a Co-Parish Priest found in the Universal law of the RCC?

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In England, Rt Revd is reserved for bishops. It’s simply Reverend Canon or Reverend Monsignor. Parish priests and curates are just Reverend. Very, Right, Most are all silly prefixes.

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12.13 pm it was the Anglicans who invented these silly titles. Italy does not have Right and Very Reverend titles. The Irish were clearly in awe of such nonsense.

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I have spent a considerable amount of time in New Zealand. It’s a strange mix of liberalism on many issues yet stoic settler-style stiff upper lip on the other. Piety was and still is prevalent in NZ (though many Christians have switched to newly-founded churches outside of Romanism).
At the same time this is de rigeur. Send the RCC anywhere and child abuse, rape, murder and horror will follow.

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Is that the same Fr Tom Doyle who has lived all his adilt life as a cleric? As ridiculous as a pope (the highest cleric in the Church) denouncing clericalism.

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I think parents need to work on the premise that every priest is a potential predatory paedophile. They need a heightened sense of caution around priests. Their children and young males need chaperoning when in the presence of a priest. If they engage with priests with this mindset, they won’t have unfettered action toward children and young adults.

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1.24 Sadly the dedicated volunteers the clergy surround themselves with are an even bigger danger because they are well incentivised by the Church to bear false witness in favour of their lay & clerical colleagues when serious matters occur and are reported. A Mafia network .

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That is a very serious and nasty comment you have made against all priests – mind you I do remember you made the very same allegation previously but under a NAME. Funny that. You’re tripping up badly. I hope for your sake there are no clergy reading this blog today because if there are be prepared for their onslaught against you and its nothing more than you deserve.

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Clergy are forever reading and contributing to this blog.
Given the past abuse and cover ups and the current state in RC clerical circles, I think the poster offers excellent advice.

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5.21 pm. I think you’ll find this mindset is prevalent among ordinary people. Only a fool would allow their child to be left alone, unchaperoned with a priest. The countless cases of clerical sexual abuse, which shows no sign of abating, demonstrate the soundness of this approach. Young good looking men are particularly at risk of being molested. Ask the average person what they think when they see a priest, and I can assure you it won’t be “christ”. You might want to type the word “priest” into Google news daily, and I can assure you that 90% of the articles will not be edifying.

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5:21 I know you would like to kid yourself only the NAME thinks that, but that’s the common conception of priests these days.
Strange when they were all out campaigning about the bishops’ treatment of abusers. No, wait….

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5.21 you threaten an onslaught by clergy on the poster at 1.24 but do you not realise that most sensible people no longer have anything to do with clergy for that very reason! Such an elevated view of your own self-importance. Your days of ordering people about are over. Face the music and dance.

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Can you blame parents for being highly suspicious of priests, especially when an Armagh priest subjected them to hardcore gay pornography during a first communion class!

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6.22 Cyberpunk you are pretty adept yourself at forever reading and contributing yourself.

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Good for him, indeed. A sabbatical has now become the usual sign that a priest is on a glide path out of ministry. He seems to have used his time in priesthood usefully to acquire the qualifications he needed to undertake his new work.

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Religious beliefs should be broken down into specific groups such Catholic, protestant et al. The problem when people like MMM say religious beliefs, what were they referring to? Was it Catholic or Mormon or protestant or jehovah witness or just mainly Christian 🤷‍♀️

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Beliefs come from various variables such as school teaching aka ‘religious instruction’, the environment that they were growing up at home or a boarding school. Mine had 1st religion instruction class at age 14 or 15. I was quite clueless also was my ex classmates as well, except for one protestant deaf guy, who was well informed re Bible etc (due to his home upbringing environment).
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Have had a problem with the terminology of ‘deposit of thr faith’. It could be anything that they define it as faith. The Vatican didn’t explain that one clearly. It sounded very vague as I realised it now. it’s Vatican dark art of speciality on the level of vagueness. Also on level of obstruction, deflection and deceit on their part as well, for example fatima 3rd secret cos they weren’t honest nor transparent, which was obvious. Vatican hallmarks was/is their church speak of vagueness, obfuscation and deceit.

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I think (you would also to account for my poor Catholic education as well), jesus wouldn’t have approved rcc cos its a ‘ORGANISED’ religion. Jesus opposed the Jews back as he called organised religion namely ‘Jews’ as pharisees. I don’t think it was Jesus’s real intention to set up rcc cos he detested organised religion back then re examples of him in the bible.

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What kills true spirituality is too much legalism, too many rules, no love, dogmatic, teaching the wrong way et al.

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Hi Deaf guy, At last someonebody who thinks he knws Jesus’ true intent. The world has been waiting for you. Idiot!

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Please do not call DG an idiot. Look in the mirror. You describe yourself.
Pax
Garngad Lad

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6.09

How can you call someone an idiot for calling someone else an idiot, and then, convincingly, wish peace between yourselves? 🤔

I know you’re a hypocrite, but are you very stupid as well?

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Anon at 4.40pm

Do you speak for the whole world as you claim to be re ‘ world has been waiting for you’? 🤦‍♀️🤔

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The new Archbishop of Cardiff has appointed a Private Secretary Fr Laurence Bryce (ordained 3 years ago). Fr Bryce will not only be a desk priest, but also have the oversight of a parish community and celebrate Masses on weekends. The Archbishop is now recruiting a Secretary and a part-time Housekeeper.

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Pat, the smell of compo can lead to all kinds of allegations against people no longer around to defend themselves. It just take one substantial ‘settlement’ and lo and behold the ‘me too’ crew are lining up with one tale more horrendous than the last. I would take such allegations with a grain of salt. People in the 60’s and 70’s remembering all of a sudden and all in sync – seems strange to me. Human nature being what it is, compensation is a powerful motivation. Just ask any insurance company about fraudulent claims and you’ll quickly learn the legths of fantasy people will turn to to substantiate their fraudulent claims. Why would abuse claims be the exception?
We all know that abuse happened, and sadly still does – The majority within families. Did it happen in the church? Beyone a shadow of a doubt it happened, and all too frequently. But we must be careful, when money enters the equation the motivation for fraud is magnified a thousandfold.
I know this will draw fire from the hate brigade – but that’s the price of telling it like it is.

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Bishop Pat sometimes your one liners are short and sweet but you will not want to say anything good about any Bishop.
However you know Bishop Fintan offered counciling and also a retreat and stupidly Coffey refused but that has been noticed and I do not think in a few years you will see Coffey in a diocese of Ireland he has blew that.

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4.51 the allegations made by these 2 ladies were not false and yet some considerable time later no guarantee or information has been provided by Killaloe Diocese to deny or confirm that Fr Fitzgerald is not being facilitated to repeat more of the same in some capacity under his Roman Catholic Church umbrella. The RCC has a lengthy track record in aiding and abetting wrong doing even after credible complaints have been recorded. Killaloe appears to be a very strange and curious Diocese and attracts some very slippery characters and their Bishop is acting like a giant eel in these matters.

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4.37: Frank, I support every word you have written. So true: when money enters the equation, all kinds of allegations can be created. This chasing after compensation does a grave damage and injustice to genuine survivors.

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https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/15674/catholic-bishops-acknowledge-concerns-about-power-and-sexual-abuse
Catholic bishops acknowledge concerns about power and sexual abuse
by Ruth Gledhill 19 JULY 2022, THE TABLET.
“Concerns about how power is exercised in the Catholic Church as well as “the devastating impact of clerical sexual abuse on survivors and within the wider Church” have been acknowledged by the Catholic bishops of England and Wales.”

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5:41, the blunderous visitation of Silverstream alone, and everything that followed (persecution of Fr Anderson etc), is enough reason for Brendan Coffey to be kept out of a diocese. I also doubt very much he will be re-elected at Glenstal.

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I think what Fitzgerald did to Yvonne and Karen was despicable. He should be dumped from the priesthood forever. I do not know Karen. But I did know Yvonne. Yvonne has been a vulnerable lady for a long time. Ger has compounded Yvonne’s vulnerability. He is the lowest of the low.

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Good to see that the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle has recalled Fr Tony Currer from his desk job in the Roman Curia. The only change made by Frank that I agree with is making Curia desk priests do shorter terms before going back to their dioceses to do the work they were actually ordained for.

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https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2022/07/11/moral-theology-vatican-pope-francis-bioethics-243337
Birth control, IVF, euthanasia: The Vatican encouraged dialogue on polarizing life issues. Is a papal encyclical next? Gerard O’Connell. July 11, 2022.
” Pope Francis has encouraged a process of theological renewal on many fronts but perhaps nowhere more significant than in the realm of theological ethics and moral theology. In four of his landmark papal documents—“Evangelii Gaudium” (2013), “Laudato Si’” (2015), “Amoris Laetitia” (2016) and “Veritatis Gaudium” (2018)—and in countless speeches, catechetical talks and homilies throughout his papacy, he has revived the church’s longstanding tradition of the primacy of an individual’s informed conscience and, among others, the role of discernment in moral decision-making.”

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Wonder whether:

Robert Murphy and Paul Moss will return to Birmingham- there pretty boy duties must be coming to an end!!

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Murphy is in the diplomatic corp, so those rules don’t apply. Miss will probably move on to be vice reactor at the VEC when his term is up, and an auxiliary bishop at 45.

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Both Emlyn McGinn and Ryan McAleer were sexually abused as children by their family. Later in seminary both were sexually assaulted by seminary council. Emlyn enjoyed the abuse while Ryan screamed like a girl.

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I’m sick and tired of it all. To hell with the whole show like. From now on, no secrets or holes barred. I’ll look at Tyrone now for ye:
1. Dungannon – the hot tub of lust – the dumping ground for troubled priests. Where Amy’s pets go to be supervised by the Dean 💋💋💋There’s less ridin’ at the Curragh in truth so.
2. Clonoe – God almighty the next thing he’ll have dreamt up a ceremony like ‘The Blessing of the Ditch’. It’ll put a couple of hours in; Coronation Street’s away to hell🇻🇦🇻🇦⛪️
3. Pomeroy – Knock Knock. No answer at the Parochial Palace door! Off on another month-long vacation. Gossiping in schools and restaurants is busy work! 💅
4. Cookstown – New subvariant of Just for Men hairdye called ‘Just for Father’ gets an outing. Somebody tell him it only needs 5 mins 😬
5. A cocktail of PPs dine in a Hotel in Cookstown each Saturday. Their conversations are boring mostly (the individuals are like the blue rinse brigade on tour) but have been overheard discussing private diocesan matters on this blog.
Then we have our list of MIAs in Tyrone. Wow – where should one start? New Catholic Church motto: ‘F*cked it up? Have a Doctorate’ 🎓👨🏻‍🎓🍺🍺👨‍❤️‍👨👨‍❤️‍👨🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🌳🌳🚙🚙

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