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Joseph Quigley, a former Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, was jailed last year.

A report by Barnado’s found the church was aware of concerns but did not listen to victims, challenge his behaviour or deal with complaints.

The authors made 18 recommendations which the Archdiocese accepted in full. It apologised for its failures.

The report said concerns had been raised about Quigley, from Staffordshire, as early as 1990.

There was evidence the church was aware of an “immoral relationship” while he was working in Warwickshire but it was not considered a safeguarding issue because the boy was 16.

“The view of [Quigley’s] behaviour, being that of a Catholic priest who had a ‘relationship’ with another adult male, rather than an abuser of an adolescent boy, persisted without any challenge,” the report said.

He was sent to the US for therapy in 2008 and the report authors said they were struck by how Quigley was treated “almost as if he were a patient with mental health needs or was a recovering alcoholic”.

The Archdiocese “focused to a considerable extent on his needs as a struggling priest who needed help and support to understand his behaviour, rather than as an abusive perpetrator who used his revered position to groom and sexually abuse.

It went on: “There was very little to suggest his abusive behaviours, the impact of his actions on others, the need for reparation, or any discussions about risks he presented or preventative measures to reduce those risks, were in any way explored or addressed.”

“No action” was taken to share concerns or seek advice from safeguarding agencies, the report said, adding: “As far as we could ascertain there was no risk assessment or further consideration of what these continued risks might mean for those with whom [Quigley] came into contact.”

His status as a revered priest allowed the abuse to continue for years. The report said that without the intervention of one of his victim’s therapists in 2018, it was possible his behaviour would never have been brought to light.

Quigley was convicted of multiple counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child, sexual assault, child cruelty, and false imprisonment.

In 2019, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse found that if Birmingham’s Archdiocese focussed less on its reputation, children could have been spared from abuse.

It followed more than 130 allegations of abuse against 78 individuals associated with the church.

Barnardo’s found there had been “evidence of some welcome changes” since that report but made 18 recommendations for further improvements.

Responding to the findings, the Archdiocese said it had “learnt much from this case and the report and we are committed to improving our standards and processes”.

“I am deeply sorry for what happened to those who have been harmed by Joseph Quigley,” Archbishop Bernard Longley said.

“I welcome the report and the reflection that will come from this. There is work that still needs to be carried forward and that’s something which lies upon my shoulders.

“I can only apologise to them on behalf of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, and I do so unreservedly.”

PAT SAYS

The RC hierarchy glibally deliberately failed to see paedophilia as a CRIME and to suit their own purposes they saw it as a MORAL STRUGGLE for the priest for which he needed love, support and reassurance.

The reactions of bishops, priests and nuns was: “Poor Father has a problem. Pray for him”.

The RCC has always seen its canon law and teachings as superior to civil or criminal law

For them paedophilia was ONLY A SIN THAT COULD BE FORGIVEN and not A CRIME REQUIRING police investigation, court processes ending in prison sentences.

That us why the RCC should gave ABSOLUTELY NO INFLUENCE over states, policing and the legal process.

Judges, policemen and lawyers should be professionals first and Catholics second.

227 replies on “ARCHDIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM SAW PAEDOPHILE PRIESTS AS “STRUGGLING”!”

What is happening with Fr JP Lyttle? He’s still listed on Portsmouth Website as priest but not active that’s for sure. Please God for his sake laicisation is soon! Pat, please help us find out. All’s quiet from Bishop Egan!

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10.57 The silence is “deafening” throughout the Roman Catholic Church in these awful matters. Zero moral compass from the cabal.

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Pope Francis showed mercy to Fr Inzoli. Google that to see how the mercy thing worked out. We need justice and we also need mercy for victims, potential victims, and those placed at the mercy of abusers.

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He’s a power bottom so he will be very active in a receptive way. I have no doubt Portsmouth is funding and looking after him.

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@10.57pm Thank you for opening discussion of a subject of the utmost gravity with a comment about another subject entirely. Please focus your mind pn the grave situation of child abuse by clerics rather than the tittle tattle of who is where in the South of England. Get a grip.

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Portsmouth Priest
It can take up to a DECADE for Laicisation with the current system as it starts in the Dioceses then Rome and a final at the Sumpreme tribunal if the Priest keeps appealing so the average time is four to five years.

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9.38am No wonder priests are so self entitled, spending up to 10 years on full pay & benefits whilst they are being investigated. The RCC system is ridiculously structured in favour of their own clergy & victims are deliberately retraumatised whilst this lengthy process is tolerated.

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‘That us why the RCC should gave ABSOLUTELY NO INFLUENCE over states, policing and the legal process.’
Or over a cake stall or hot dog stand. Let alone a bingo hall.

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I wouldn’t go that far, he is in his seventies but they must consider him still to be a risk to children. He is very personable.

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The RCC only cares about its own interests, it has no respect for any law other than its own laws of lie, coverup, harrass, intimidate, slander, villify to hide the sordid truth about itself.

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Who protected Joe Quigley?
Who was safeguarding officers line manager?
What did the Dept of Education know about Quigley? Wasn’t Marcus Stock the DSC?
Who was the DRE?
How come Quigley had oversight of sex education for primary schools and was National Advisor to Bishops Conference?
How close is Quigley to Elsie?
Did this happen on Elsie’s watch or Nursie?
Will Nursie get promoted – promoted to remove?

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Is the ex-social worker safeguarding officer still in post? They didn’t see anything wrong in Fr Quigley having a relationship with a 16-year-old he’d met when the pupil came to him for counselling at the school in which Quigley was the chaplain.

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Where did Quigley train? Was it Louvain? I remember him coming to Oscott in the early 1990s to give lectures. He had black hair with a silver streak at the front. He seemed odd then but feted by Archbishop Maurice. It seems Quigley went off the rails almost immediately after ordination – I am not surprised he was going on about masturbation to kids. As I said, he was odd and somewhat creepy.

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Creepy is what creepy does.
Creeps are usually identifiable by physical appearance, especially if they tend to leer.

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You are extremely unchristian, Bishop Buckley. These priests were carrying the cross of peadophilia carved by Satan.
I do not understand your lack of compassion. These men need us each to be Simon of Cyrene assisting Christ in the struggle to Calvary.
Their victims should see themselves as “victim souls” offered up for the salvation of the world and should not waste their suffering by whining and making reports to police.
Jesus is not pleased with your tone, Buckley.

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Excuse me. I do not condone child abuse or sexual violence of any sort. I leave that to the (checks notes) Archdiocese of Birmingham.

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@ 12:39am
OMG! Patsy I hope that’s not you know who having yet another dig at you. The false sanctimonious tone of compassion for these monsters while showing no compassion for their victims is appalling. These degenerates have to reported to the Authorities immediately. Our Lord Himself said “Better these people had never been born, that they should be cast into the deepest pit with a millstone round their neck.”

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10.22
Are you going to STOP your constanly bullying me.
12.39 is not me as I have NO time for these kind of folk they should NOT be in Our Church and Archbishop Longley and Cardinal Nicholls should resign.
It is the very sad times that this scum like Quigley and the likes are in our Church and they keep saying they are innocent like Paul Moore serving nine years.
I just wish all the c/o, MIA should all walk instead of Canonical trials it is the victims I feel sorry for.

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Phylis is keeping his head down , and pulling strings to try and get Westminster .He does not respond when I ask him about JP.

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Have you tried asking him why he’s got Cuthbert Brogan on his safeguarding board, an appointment he will regret, I can promise him.
Pat please if you don’t want to publish the name put Xxxx’s over it as you do sometimes.

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Another “preferential option for the priest” over his victims.
A commenter to this blog coined that phrase. He is to be commended.
As long as the Catholic Church maintains its hierarchy of clergy over laity, this option will continue to be exercised. The only thing standing in its way is public exposure and shame.
You’d think conscience alone would do the trick, but priests sold out their consciences the day they sold their souls to Baal. Ordination day.

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Yes it’s a devastatingly accurate description.
Others would be preferential option for the…
…dosh
…cover up
…COSA nostra
… altar boy
… Swiss bank
And so on

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Other preferential options include;
The preferential option for….the criminal
” …..porkies
” …..bishoo’s
” …..injustice
” ….shunning sheep
” ….codology
” ….caca

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That Dublin Monster gets another four years…..the singing priest, Jesus wept……how did he get away with it ? Because the like of Fr Michael Cleary and others knew exactly what he was doing…still in parishes and still keeping omertà.

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6.55 Indeed, the likes of Fr Michael Cleary weren’t going to betray their pardophile priest pal, too busy getting their own end away, professional paedophile protectors the lot of them with few exceptions.

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There will always be a need for media like this blog, because priests simply cannot be trusted either to tell the truth, or to do the right thing when that would require obedience to Christ, and some moral courage.
Pat, do not lose sight of Stephen Wilson and his kind. Let them know that they are being watched. It might be the only thing that will make these ceeps behave with even a semblance of moral decency.
It feels good, almost exhilarating, to be associated with this blog. To be able to hold priests to account for their treachery and criminality. To scare them into behaving properly, to have them constantly looking over their shoulders for… the priest hunters!
The spirit of Cromwell lives on. Hallelujah!

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7.00
Stop Stalking Father Stephen Wilson so the more you do and the more you stalk and his name on this blog by YOU we will protect him 100%

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No wonder Longley has been very quiet recently. He’s known that this damning report was coming. I hear Vin has been taking a close interest in what is happening in Brum asking all sorts of questions of his local contacts, priests and lay. No love lost there between Vin and Bernard. I reckon Vin will be quietly satisfied that Bernard is taking the flak at the moment. But wasn’t Vin the man in charge when Quigley was riding high and much revered and given special jobs ? Sounds like Vin is pleased with some displacement

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It is time to move on, to put the past behind us. Mistakes were made, but we all make them. The Church has said sorry for these things, and there’s an end to it. We need to pray for each other and to forgive each other. Look to the bright future, not the dark past.
It’s become boring now, all this muck raking. We need to change the record, to sing a different tune. A few bad apples do not spoil the barrel. The Church is fundamentally good. We need to see the silver linings, to look on the bright side. The victims have been heard. They too need to bury the past.
Pax

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I’m not so sure that Vin is really that sorry. I think he’s rather more furious that others are asking question of him and his priests and the Church about what has been going on. He does not like to be questioned. Vin is a company man who thinks the Church is above being questioned by pesky lay people. Whenever you hear him speak about this issue, Vin always tries to downplay it. Most abuse happens in families, he says. He minimises, he deflects, he tries to make it blow over. He is as pissed as anything that it has cost the Church so much money. He’s not sorry at all. He’s only sorry that they / he got found out. The man has no shame, no conscience. He is out for himself, and his particular tree to climb is the Church, which he has done very well. And he’s desperately clinging on hoping that Rome won’t find anybody soon to replace him. And one of the main reasons he’s desperate to hang on is that once he’s gone then all those secrets he’s been keeping will come out, because he won’t have the influence to stop it anymore. What an unhappy man he must be. I pity him. What’s he got to look forward to ? A caravan with the nun. Who, by the way, is still very, very much in evidence and presence !

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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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@10:22 Bishop Pat allows for diversion on the blog topics. As he stated quite succinctly, this is not Iran.

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Ara don’t be so territorial….its the same company with the same modus operandi just a different location. Are we supposed to believe cover ups don’t happen on the Emerald Isle?

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Birmingham is a God awful diocese – the gay cartel who run it have the perfect stooge – Bernard or Nursie is like Benedict he prefers to be told what to do and say – that was well exposed in IICSA – his apologies are classic Bernard and he deceives because he delivers a good one – but be assured of no change, only window dressing. They protect their own – they protected Penny and Robinson and Taylor and Walsh – and many more: 130 allegations – 78 clergy credibly accused – Jesus Birmingham is alive with paedos and is a gay hothouse.
The recent VGs turn a blind eye and are fixers for the predatory class and clerical caste.
It is a highly dysfunctional and dangerous diocese as IICSA and Banardos report exposes.

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Roman Archdiocese of Birmingham are paedophile protectors, pure and simple.

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Birmingham are under some kind of cloud with the Charity Commision – it’s all in red on their entry in the CC website – they borrowed 600,000 of Bounceback loans – that’s nothing compared to Westminster which is several million – Birmingham is in deficit by 5 million every year now for several and they are making redundancies and flogging assists – are they in free fall. They are like a bubble – siege mentality- and deeply clericalized and homosexuality a real issue – at Oscott and many clergy are in the gay family – the rules of the closet prevail and deep seated omerta.
Less a diocese more a criminal organisation run by a clerical stooge, weak and timid man incapable of sorting the mess out but good at singing in church!!

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Sheep are welcome to sing in Church but woe betide if they turn cannibal & sing like canaries in what goes on inside the cabal.

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Little is known about Lyttle, which, frankly, is more than a little concerning. Personally, I think he’s done a runner. Does the diocese know? If it does, it isn’t letting on.

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So Quigley carried on with a 16 year old boy? Is that even legal? And the Birmingham archdiocese effectively shrugged its shoulders over it? Unbelievable!
Reminds me of Basil Hume. What was it he told a priest in a homosexual relationship? You will be discreet, won’t you Father? He should have told him to get out of the priesthood instead!!
There should be a zero tolerance policy in every diocese. Any priest who habitually breaks the rules should be out in his ear, and parishioners told why.
No more excuses! Get rid of the rotten apples before they stink the place out. That’s what I say. What do you say?

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‘Get rid of the rotten apples before they stink the place out.’
You’re many centuries too late for that.

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I don’t know why the Church has such concern for its reputation. Let’s face facts: it doesn’t have a reputation, at least, one worth any self-concern.
The Church is in the gutter, and this is where it is content to stay.

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Is Quigley still in prison? Is he receiving any assistance from the Church, financial or otherwise.
We have a moral right to know. As a donor to the Church, I do not want my contributions going to trash like paedo priests. I’m seriously thinking about withholding my donations indefinitely. I want greater transparency and accountability. In fact, I insist upon it.

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There’s a whole list of priest in Birmingham who are receiving financial assistance in their various situations. Some will be sick, ill, deranged, or just incapable. Seems fair enough that they should be supported. Some are under suspicion, convicted, criminal, in prison, ex-prisoners etc. I guess each case should be taken on its own merits. However, I think transparency should be the best policy and the archdiocese should have a way of letting it be known who. is being supported, and why. I think most people have a compassionate soul and would understand particular cases and why they might be supported. But, if you are not transparent then people feel that they are being fooled. So, open up the books, let us know, and you might be surprised how generous and compassionate we can be !

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Here’s the thing. An adult in a ‘relationship’ with a 16 year old is a creepy fucker and you don’t need any theological or ethical training to understand that.
Once again the church is teaching two different things at once.

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It’s actually one of the recommendations of the report that clergy, employees and volunteers of Birmingham archdiocese be told that adults in positions of responsibility should not be starting and having “relationships” with 16-year-olds. You’d think they would know that without having to be told.

The report (accessible via the link in today’s blog item) also says that Quigley was treated far better than the victims. One victim was told by a VG that they would get one more counselling session and “that’s it”.

Quigley was also allowed to call himself Fr and was involved with students, even though he was forbidden to do these things. The archdiocese knew but took no action. They also didn’t alert those who needed to know that he was under investigation. His so-calked treatment in the US was explained as treatment for stress/overwork, or that old favourite, “further studies”.

All of this is inexcusable so long after Nolan and Church declarations of zero tolerance.

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10.43

Guess who paid for Quigley’s private treatment in the USA? The Sheep. But if ever one of these had a lamb who required similar help, they’d be told: see your GP.

Why do Catholics continue to fund the work-shy indolence and extravagance of these parasites? They are laughing at you. They spend YOUR money on highly expensive medical treatments in far off countries, and yet expect you to take your chances on an over-burdened NHS.

What is wrong with you people?

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The usual deflection from cathbots.
In reality in the UK sex between young people above the age of 12 is almost never prosecuted.
But it has to be between them. So even if the age of consent were lowered you still wouldn’t be allowed to have sex with them, ‘father’. Sorry to disappoint you.

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If there are almost no prosecutions of under-16s, why would Tatchell want the age to be lowered, unless to protect from prosecution the adult men seeking under-16s?

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12:18 – Do you want to declare an interest? Are you gay and what age do you think the age of consent should be?

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Now you know if you were actually interested in Peter Tatchell s views you could actually contact him. The reason you’re trolling the blog about them is quite different. Incidentally the traffic’s quite bad in Brum today when you go home.

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1:37 No I’m asexual and obviously in the UK the age of consent should be 16 to match the Mental Capacity Act and under that age individual cases should be based on Gillick Competence, because these principles are already enshrined in law.
You may not have heard of that. It’s the legal principle named after the cathbot who didn’t want her underage children to be prescribed contraception, which ensures they can be on the basis of Gillick Competence. 😆
New words (for 1:37):
Law
Principles
Competence

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@10.20 , @10.22 and 10.47
We know it is you and Bishop Pat is just quick to get your quotes on and it is early yet likely about 25 by teatime.
God Bless You.

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St Luke’s Washington is a joke! Their report to the Archdiocese of Birmingham stated:
“Joseph is preparing for his final conference in the US. Joseph is able to forgive
himself, find space to dream and write poetry’
Just amazing – talk about the preferential option for the priest!

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11.39 A Roman Catholic Bishop decides before any entrance to those “Facilities” whether the priest concerned ( unfortunately their system resists the very necessary entry of many bishops to such places…) will rise or fall. Totally fixed. Moral vacuums. WM

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@2:16
The kettle calling the pot….sickos cover up child rape and the abuse of vulnerable adults.

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It’s highly relevant. Quigley went after a 16 year because he thought the law allowed it. If the age of consent was 14 (as Tatchell argues), Quigley would have gone after 14-year-olds, safe from prosecution. As ever, when people ask for change, ask “cui bono? “. The useless ex-social worker safeguarding officer was ignorant of the Children Act, and ignorant of the penalties in position of trust cases, and treated it as an adult to adult relationship, of no concern from a safeguarding point of view.

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9:01 You don’t need to give money directly to the parish or diocese, you could give it a charity run by the diocese. For example in Birmingham you could give it to the archdiocese’s social care charity Father Huds…
Oh, hold on. I foresee more problems with abuse…

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Haven’t we heard about an ‘immoral’ relationship in another context recently on the blog. But the perp didn’t do anything wrong of course.

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12:48 Yes indeed. One particular immoral perp priest who claims he has done nothing wrong has added further insult to injury. An interesting discovery today in Castleconnell (I don’t need Turncoat Ted’s spies). Stay tuned to the blog for further details. No surrender!

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I’m so glad I’m gay. Do all women who are dumped or led on, then go on and on about it for years afterwards and seek apologies?

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1:24 Another turn of the screw Todd? You are no better than a bully. The more you try and hit me with your false allegations and innuendo, the more I am determined to hit back with the truth. You won’t help Fitzgerald; your only making it worse for him.
The priest did tell William that he loved me in a private conversation which was revealed to me in a roundabout way so anyone who says we were “just friends” is incorrect. There was a lot more going on that no one knows about. If Fr. Ger is still spinning stories and lying about his relationship with me then he hasn’t learned a damned thing from this whole saga and woe to him when he stands before the God of Israel.
Your personal vendetta against me is clear. The truth will prevail and I will get closure and my apology from the priest otherwise he will remain a topic on this blog ad infinitum. It must really irk you that Bishop Pat believes me. He has spent considerable time in getting to know me these past few months. He knows that I don’t lie and I do not consider myself holier than anyone. We are all sinners but until the priest admits he wronged me and apologises then his name will continue to appear on this blog and, if needed, elsewhere.
One thing the bloggers here can can be assured of is that I do not lie. I have started using my real name on the blog because most people already know who I am and I have nothing to hide. Ger didn’t count on me using my real name. He probably thinks I have too much to lose. I have NOTHING to lose anymore so it makes no difference to me anymore if the whole story is revealed outside the blog. I don’t give a fig what people think of me. My life. My choice.

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Until something happens between Bishop Pat and you turn and then you’ll treat him the same way as you’re treating Ger. That’s how it works. You have the form, look at your relationships with Todd. + Pat believes you because he looks after the victims, I doubt he’s experienced with dealing with someone with BPD. Lying goes hand in hand with the disorder and you have been caught out a few times in half truths. I reserve my judgement, Todd has his made.

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While not a medic or a trained psychotherapist I have been dealing with people with various mental illnesses for 45 years.

I disagree that lying goes hand in hand with BPD.

Karen has been absolutely open and truthful with me and I have never caught her out in a lie.

She has told me things about herself in spite of the fact that those things showed her weaknesses.

I think Todd and Karen came adrift after strong disagreement about Israel.

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6:00 Pat called him Larry. I shouldn’t have used his real name on the blog and that was my mistake. You know his real name but I will continue to call him William.

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7:03 Narcissistic Personality Disorder:
Have an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Have a sense of entitlement and require constant, excessive admiration
Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
Exaggerate achievements and talents
Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate
Believe they are superior and can only associate with equally special people
Monopolize conversations and belittle or look down on people they perceive as inferior
Expect special favors and unquestioning compliance with their expectations
Take advantage of others to get what they want
Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
Be envious of others and believe others envy them
Behave in an arrogant or haughty manner, coming across as conceited, boastful and pretentious
Insist on having the best of everything — for instance, the best car or office

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5:29 I have not been caught at any half truths. Tell me exactly what you are referring to.

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6.40 Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a kind of mental health problem. It may also be called emotionally unstable personality disorder. People with BPD have unstable moods and can act recklessly. They also have a hard time managing their emotions. If you have BPD, you may have problems with daily tasks, obligations, and life events. You may have trouble keeping jobs and relationships.

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5:29 You have some nerve. Lying goes hand in hand with the disorder? That is a generalisation. It can be a symptom but it it certainly does not go hand and hand as you said. I have the opposite problem. I tell everyone the truth about my personal life and then sometimes it gets used as a weapon to hurt me! Some of you people are despicable on this blog.

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People with borderline personality disorder experience rejection sensitivity, which makes relationships very intense and dependent. I think that a professional view needs to be taken to this situation.

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7:03 NPD continued:
Become impatient or angry when they don’t receive special treatment
Have significant interpersonal problems and easily feel slighted
React with rage or contempt and try to belittle the other person to make themselves appear superior
Have difficulty regulating emotions and behavior
Experience major problems dealing with stress and adapting to change
Feel depressed and moody because they fall short of perfection
Have secret feelings of insecurity, shame, vulnerability and humiliation

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In the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), [4] BPD is diagnosed on the basis of (1) a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and (2) marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by at least five of the following:
Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment; this does not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in criterion 5
A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation
Markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self
Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (eg, spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating) [5] ; this does not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in criterion 5
Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior
Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (eg, intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days)
Chronic feelings of emptiness
Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (eg, frequent displays of temper, constant anger, or recurrent physical fights)
Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms
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It would be true though to say that these people experience things in a different way to others so can appear to lie or even have difficulty discerning what’s real. It’s not part of the diagnostic criteria but they do experience things which aren’t real without having a full blown psychosis. That’s why it’s called borderline, it’s on the border between neurosis (exaggerated normal experience) and psychotic (abnormal experience).
It is never helpful to throw psychiatric diagnoses at people on the internet.

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1:52 If the perp wasn’t a RCC priest then there would be no issue and I wouldn’t demand an apology.

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Pat we came to issue over Israel, Trump and concern for women. The latter two simply dont mix. Israel is an apartheid state that shouldnt exist, Trump is a misogynist and a racist and yet here Karen is talking about a priest in Limerick as a devil when it looks like it was unrequited love. It’s preposterous.

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8:31 You are as thick as a plank. Call it whatever you want, but it doesn’t change the fact that the RC priest, who has a history of sexual and non-sexual relationships involving vulnerable parishioners, has not yet been removed from Killaloe Diocese™️. Furthermore, some anonymous sources are claiming on the blog that Fitzgerald is still not admitting that he has done anything wrong. He has broken his celibacy vow and has been having relationships with women since he was a seminarian. He is no different then any of the other gay RC priests on this blog who get called out for their own loathsome and repugnant abuse, hypocrisy, lies, deceit and other immoral behaviour. Pat runs this blog and not you or me or any one else will decide what he blogs about so you can complain about me until the cows come home…it’s all for naught.

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Yes, Pat at 8:06.
Some people just get the emotional instability which is the main symptom but some people get a full house of different strange symptoms. It’s a fascinating condition and as the comments today demonstrate, largely misunderstood by society. Next someone will say it isn’t treatable….

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@Karen there was no sex. Ye had a friendship. It didnt work out. You “found” a bank statement. Does this ok your endless vilification of him?

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Please Pray for the repose of RT REV JAMES MADDEN O. PRAEM.
Requiem Mass @ 1.30http://www.sacredheartparishbelfast.com/Webcam/
Principal concelebrant His Lordship Bishop Noel Treanor

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Such confusion in Birmingham – the laity consult the clergy on matters of faith and morals and yet no cleric thought a cleric having a sexual, sadness-masochistic relationship with a 16 year old boy was remotely troubling only that poor Joe was struggling.
Of course, now, the apologies and mea culpable cascade out but that’s only because they got caught.
The biggest existential threat they now face is lay people no longer funding this confusion and morally dubious and downright criminal behaviour.
I guarantee you they have a dozen Quigleys in the shadows – they claim reform but we all know that there is something rotten in the heart of Birmingham.
Elsie and Nursie and their VGs and auxiliaries are a disgrace.
Will Nursie get further promotion? He’s relatively young – funny if they made him lead bishop for safeguarding!!
Stock knew Quigley and worked alongside him when he was the DSC
The DRE in Birmingham too – bezzies I’d say.
Now VGs and the aforementioned are saying – we do not know this man – bollox they knew and they all kept stum – couldn’t trust them with a barge pole.
Birmingham reputation in tatters – funny isn’t it – the v thing they invest so heavily avoiding is the one thing they ensure – devastating reputational damage.

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One of the biggest accounts in the Archdiocese of Armagh is for “The Education of Priests.” Many legacies over the years left for such a venture. It would be interesting to know ( they will never say) if it is this account that is used for St. Lukes Washington and the like….I am positive the benefactors would be outraged at the use of the monies for these purposes…legal stuff.

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Yes it’s never clear what is spent on ‘clergy risk and psychological assessments and ongoing therapy ‘. That should really be a separate item.
In fact in Birmingham it could be a whole fund that the faithful could donate to: The Murville Risk Assessment Fund, it could be called.

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Good question, Bill. Even in dioceses that haven’t had a sem in years, there is still an annual collection for the training of priests. Is the money in fact used for therapy for abuser priests?

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The monies collected, or indeed bequeathed, for the Education of Priests fund can only be used for that purpose. It’s basically ring-fenced for that very use. Every diocese has a big pot of money for the educational needs of its clergy. Some of it is used for the further education of ordained priests but most of it is untouched due to there being no seminarians.

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They should stop having collections for the training of seminarians if there are no seminarians.

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https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/15684/safeguarding-in-birmingham-was-shambolic-says-top-abuse-lawyer
20 JULY 2022, THE TABLET
Safeguarding in Birmingham was ‘shambolic’ says top abuse lawyer
by Ruth Gledhill
” The Barnardo’s review shows that failures by the Archdiocese, which took place over a period of time, were institutional.”
“A top abuse lawyer has condemned the Archdiocese of Birmingham for safeguarding systems that were “shambolic and wholly inadequate”.Richard Scorer, specialist abuse lawyer at Slater and Gordon who has acted for numerous victims of abuse in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, was speaking after publication today of an independent review by children’s charity Barnardo’s into the management of concerns about Joseph Quigley, a priest in the archdiocese.”

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@2.20pm Mr McAleer enjoys his share of funding in Belgium too Bill. Let us not forget. Shameful.

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Birmingham is in the shite – Nursie reminds me of Fr Jack on Fr Ted, “I’m so, so sorry’ – give it a rest no one is buying the faux ‘I feel your pain’ bollox, Nursie has a team of ruthless lawyers and insurers not to mention his handsomely paid CEO to defend their cash which is now what it’s all about.
Shambolic and a Disgrace – will heads roll not bloody likely promotions and rewards await those who cover up and protect their fellow clerics.
Oh and get this – Quigley got his kicks from sadism and cruelty (a hurling stick apparently) and the victim was a son of a diocesan employee. Wow!!
The writs will fly now – I reckon multi million pay out – and there’s more to come.
They might even have to sell St Chads to pay for it.

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Hey, who would miss St Chad’s ? The place is closed most of the time, so the Dean can go and spend more quality time with his mother, and essentially do Sweet FA. No one would miss the place. There’s a real problem there. Costs lots of money. But essentially fulfils little or no function. Let it go and let it die, I say. Something better will emerge, if the Good Lord wants it.

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Oscott is a valuable asset and ripe for disposal. The entire library of Wonersh was given away to a university in Macau.

Birmingham will probably need to be more commercially savvy when it comes to liquidating its assets.

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Yeah they’ll sell Tosspots well before they find a buyer for the cathedral. Maybe one of the universities.

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Oscott is not an ideal location for a luxury hotel. Yes the views over Birmingham are good but it neighbours Kingstanding and Boldmere, which are far from desirable.

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What’s the mood music like in Birmingham?

How do the rank and file clergy feel about the Barnardos report?

Wonder what they really think of Nursie and his VGs?

Wonder what Nursie and his inner circle think of Elsie now? Is there much love lost?

What more dark secrets to come from Birmingham a black hole of nefariousness and criminal behaviour – wonder how many more clergy are ‘struggling’ and in a relationship with a 16-18 year old boy?

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I hear Vincent has been asking these questions of his contacts up in Brum too. He’s taking an interest. Maybe he’s on manoeuvres to get Longley out and someone else to his liking in. Where would Longley go ? Well, some little sinecure job in Rome, nothing too taxing. He’s too young to be retired. But, I reckon Vincent thinks Brum needs new firm management, if only to close down discussion which is embarrassing to him. Vincent is a sublime operator. Don’t underestimate what he is thinking or capable of.

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6.22
The Papal Nuncio Archbishop Gugerotti has been trying to get Vinnie away for months so it is hoped he is first replacement after the holidays.
Archbishop Wilson wants two Assistant Bishops asap but has been told there is other priorities so he is moving Bishop Paul to cover kent and he will cover the central area himself.
Vinnie and Bernie are marked men so Vinnie is easy to retire but bernie is different 8 years to go however you can say he will not be going to Westminister.
It will depend on what Archbishop Gugerotti informs Rome.
Really Vinnie and Bernie should offer their resignations to Rome but they wont.
Bernie will be saying he has it all under control but the damage is done.
I have just watched the latest ordination and usually it would be standing room only but it was not many many seats.

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There is definite animosity towards Elsie from Bernard’s inner circle – former VGs and auxiliaries – Pargeter and Kenney loathe Elsie and v likely vice versa – Kenney was Quigleys area bishop – what he knew nothing? Really?
Hard to see Elsie and Nursie are bezzies – mind you Elsie has his nun and Bernard has his utterly devoted and rather dim private secretary whose been with him 13 years what is that all about I wonder!! True love I reckon!!

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Well, the problem with Kenny is that everyone is aware about the skeletons in his closet, he also had a long period of time on the sick attributed to gallstones! The VG for Brum is a covering up a lot but he’s shelf ransom by so many clergy because he’s got more skeletons in his closet than highgate cemetery!

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In other news, the Carmelites are selling off a big chunk of land at Terenure College, in a multi-million deal that will see hundreds of apartments built on the land. Their rich neighbours are up in arms, fearing that the flats will lower the tone of the well-heeled area. The few remaining members of orders are doing very well for themselves from the sale of the patrimony built up before Vatican II.

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‘The few remaining members of orders are doing very well for themselves’
You don’t understand how it works, do you? 🤣

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4.01: You’ve posted verbatim this same old news a number of times. What’s your intention? Or are you just a gossipy old Bitch?

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Clergy, especially in Birmingham, where so many High Priestesses reign, especially the High Priestess herself, Dame Ian Ker, would get especially vexed over Peter Tatchell, true to form indignant clerics don’t take the trouble to read the detail.
Tatchell is arguing for a lowering of the age of consent for perfectly sesnible reasons – many under 16’s have sex and are technically breaking the law.
The lowering of consent isn’t for pervs like Quigley but for a real societal reality – be brave and address it like Thatchell or buy into the prevailing hypocrisy!!

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People, such as 4.06pm, who support lowering the age of consent, should declare an interest. A change in the age of consent to 14 would allow perverts free reign (unless they were in a position of trust).

The question remains – who is asking for the age of consent to be lowered, and why are they asking? Quigley got away with it for years because his victim (called CD) in the report, was 16 when it started. The archdiocese and its social worker safeguarding officer thought that it was a moral matter rather than a legal one.

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If you’re asking for the age of consent to be lowered and you are not yourself under the age of consent, you’re a creepy deviant and it’s no wonder a priests have the reputation they have. The reality is kids having sex under age aren’t prosecuted except in circumstances where there is violence for example.
Surely ‘catholics’ would be the first to understand practice being different from the rules. Supposedly celibate clergy, for example. The difference is the church has dogma to teach but in England the law is actually made by precedent and written by the courts as they go along. If you don’t understand this, hold your breath until every priest is celibate.

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Ampleforth
Ealing
Birmingham
Clearly RCC got a major problem with homosexuality and child abuse
What a strange and unhealthy place it is inhabited by dark and menacing clerics who pray on the weak and vulnerable.
Elsie was on Instagram begging the people to come back to Church – oh darling boy that horse has well and truly bolted.

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4.16 plenty vultures and birds of prey in lay & clerical church hierarchy. Zero moral compass.

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The two properties that house St Benet’s Hall, Oxford are up for sale now. That’s the end of that. Ampleforth College is next to go. They haven’t been able to get buyers for the old Ampleforth prep school, Gilling Castle.

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In the nineties I was considering a vocation as a monk so visited various monasteries. In one day I managed to be in the same room as three since-convicted paedophiles, and three credibly accused who didn’t get convicted. I was also living in a parish (in the archdiocese of Birmingham) where the then parish priest was convicted.
But sure let’s talk about a few bad apples.

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Will take years for Birmingham to recover from this – forever known as Paedo Diocese!!
Only themselves to blame.

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Bishop Pat,
Can you confirm that you remained celibate while serving as a priest in the official Catholic Church?
Thanks.

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I can confirm that when I was a part of the RCC priesthood I remained mainly celibate.
I had a small number ‘ 2 or 3 “falls” lasting seconds or minutes which I regarded as mortal sins and confessed before celebrating Mass.
I left the RCC institution in 1986.

I was, to this date, never in a sauna, never part of a threesome or gay orgy, never used poppers or drugs, never sexually assaulted anyone, never physically injured someone, .

I am horrified by a priest having sex on an Altar or in a sacred place.

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7.15pm

God how awful – isn’t it frightening that your intention was to serve God but you were an innocent lamb among devouring wolves.

Birmingham is a literally a hell hole and even a whole new circle of the Inferno

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Yes. The priest wasn’t even a priest of the diocese but of Raphoe diocese who had obviously been shuffled round after raping some girls.

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Pat, you and many of us grew up in a relatively safe way, protected forever by our parents. In our village all the mothers were vigilant carers while the fathers were away working. These mothers had an inate sense of protection towards all village children. We were warned to never be in a certain person’s company from the neighbouring village. He was a persona non grata. Later in life we discovered what their advice meant. What wise, moral, kind good parents! No degrees in canon law. They heard the word of God and the gospel of Christ. They, as adults, as parents, knew how to identify endangerment and protect their children. How on earth did our Church leaders with all their learning not have this awareness about right and wrong, about potential sexual abuse by its clergy? There is sadly, a church culture which will still protect its own interests first and foremost. Thankfully these days are coming to an end with more exposure of the moral and canonical machinations used to hide and cover up abuse. I recall too in the 70’s and 80 ‘s that top psychotherapists were hired by Dublin Diocese for assessing some accused of abusive behaviour. Often, after a time away on sabattical, attending therapy courses, Bishops were informed that “certain” abusers were fit for ministry under new procedures…Bishops responded by placing some potential abusers into so called “safer territiry” where their work would be supervised and curtailed. At the end of the day, despite professional psychological assessments and advice, had our bishops the maternal and paternal instincts of our parents, much abuse, damage, hurt and pain may have been avoided. Paedophiles are very devious, cunning and manipulative. But, whoever they are and whatever abuse caused by them always warrants justice.

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6.11pm: You accuse me – 6.40 – of a startling lack of awareness of CSA….You have drawn the wrong conclusion. I’ve spent the past 30 years attending seminars, courses, diocesan information courses and am forever kept updated by Diocesean Child Safeguarding Personnel. I suspect I am far advanced than you re: CSA issues and proper procedures. Don’t make silly statements on a serious issue.

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6:40 pm
Who were the top psychotherapists hired by the Dublin Archdiocese for assessing some accused of abusive behaviour? The Murphy Report names psychiatrist, Denis Lane O Kelly as treating Bill Carney in September 1985 for alcohol problems. This is despite the fact there was no evidence the hospital he worked in as medical director had any expertise in child sexual abuse. O’Kelly was briefed by the archdiocese about Carney’s history in November of that year. The report said that 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 O’Kelly informed the archdiocese he was “satisfied” with the progress of Carney, who had been placed in a ministry in south Dublin. Apparently, 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. Carney was defrocked by the Catholic Church in 1992 after being found guilty under canon law of child sex abuse. Denis Lane O’Kelly was the subject of a series of complaints by women he treated at Belmont Park Hospital in Co Waterford, which was operated by the Brothers of Charity Services until it closed in 1992. O’Kelly was formally charged by gardaí in Co Waterford over allegations he sexually abused numerous female patients under his care. He was not a top psychotherapist. He was a psychiatrist most likely a psychopath. He was also a member of the Knights of St. Columbanus. How many other priests accused of child sexual abuse did Denis Lane O Kelly assess nationwide?

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6.40
I can guess you are maybe 70 so I will try my best.
Social Services has moved on big time although I still do not trust them as they get it so wrong at times.
The Church has moved on as well in England, Wales and Scotland and the first call is made straight to the Police and the Priest is suspended and very few times the accusations have been wrong but the Bishops will not take the chance so there is NO Americia’s or Monasteries in 2022.
Birmingham is shocking and they should resign but they will not as they think it is addressed but someone completly with nothing to do with Birmingham needs sent in.
Children have many aveunes to contact and rightly so and safeguarding should cover them and straight to the Police.
Ireland is so behind with safeguard and protection and the shit has still to hit the fan there but there are many weak Bishops so it will be interesting what they do.

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@ 8:24pm
Patsy are you not outraged that this ageist patronizing cretin whoever she is trying to educate the over 70’s with her superior knowledge about everything and anything when in fact she knows fuck all about anythiing.😏

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Monasteries are slippery and the horrors of Caldey are only beginning to come out – intimately intermeshed with south east England as usual. So your insulting triumphalist obscurantism won’t wash.

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8:24
Didn’t you mention on this blog last year that you knew bishops continue to cover up? If you have knowledge of covering up by bishops inform the relevant Police Authorities and/or inform Bishop Buckley.

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I read the report on the handling of Quigley’s behaviour. Had it been 50 years ago, I would not have been surprised but this was within the last 20 years when everyone with responsibility for young and vulnerable people has been fully aware of what needs to be done in the event of safeguarding concerns. This is an example of utterly negligence on the part of all involved in decision making and shows the importance of having clear whistleblowing procedures. No one had the guts to do that with regard to Quigley till, I think, 2018. And then the brown stuff hit the fan.

As a blog reader from England, what I read reminded me very much of the IICSA report into the handling of abuse in the Anglican Chichester diocese. A major flaw in both churches appears to be a blurring of responsibilities meaning that at different times the same person is tasked with making decisions about the welfare of the abuser, the response to the victim, the appropriate safeguarding response and contact with safeguarding partners and the Police, and the reputation of the Church. In this case, the diocesan safeguarding officer also had a profound Catholic faith and saw her position as a vocation not a job. Competing concerns meant the institution and its priest were prioritised and no one appears to have been there to advocate for the victims and their rights. Clearly they should have offered the criminal acts committed against them up to God for the good of His holy church as a contributor seemed to suggest earlier. Move along there’s nothing to see here.

This sort of situation where too much power and too many competing responsibilities are vested in one person cannot be allowed to continue. It’s too dangerous. Whilst a pastoral response to an errant or abusive priest rightly belongs to the Church and the Ordinary of each diocese, the safeguarding response should be entirely separate, run by trained professionals with sufficient distance and independence to act in the best interests only of the victim. There should also be mandatory reporting of any disclosures – no ifs, no buts, no maybes. I hope the IICSA in its final reports gives clear recommendations on what should happen and these recommendations should be implemented with the force of criminal and civil law.

Over the last 20 years, guidance on safeguarding has got longer and clearer every year. There is no excuse for the response to Quigley. It is at best deliberate negligence and worse a deliberate attempt to cover up, minimise and protect. All those involved need to be removed from their responsibilities. For all their honeyed words and regret, they are not fit to hold such key positions.

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@6:42 Great post. You make a number of excellent points particularly in the 3rd paragraph. Safeguarding must be independent of the Church. Cover up, minimizing and protecting
still continues.

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My parents were devout Catholics and when I met up with a priest to discuss a vocation he ripped my pants off – and I was stark bollox naked in his fecking bedroom – thank God he didn’t touch me but I have no doubt he wanted to check out my tackle and see if I was aroused – I was actually in shock and felt dizzy and unwell.
I never told my parents – I don’t think they would or could believe me – and I think it would have been too devastating for them as it was for me – I was only 17!!
I realise now that it was a sexual assault but that was then and this is now.
I have had a life long wariness of clergy and would never be in the same room as one or let my kids anywhere near them

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Yes my parents would have thought the safest place you could be was in the company of a priest – like being with Jesus himself – little did they know how dangerous they are.
I’m grateful their secret is out – they are a menace, a real and present danger – I’m grateful the English State is onto them.

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Pat you will likely get your voting papers in August being a member who are you voting for Liz or Ricki.
Both the same God help the sick, poor and needy with them both Public Services will go although Ricki has said he will support the NHS as number one priority Liz will likely try and sell it and privitise more

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@ 8:05pm
Who can it be asking who you’ll vote for Patsy? Nosey Bitch, presuming that you’re a member of the Tory Party who will be the only ones voting. Wither you vote or not and I’d be very surprised if you were a member of that Party. Your vote should remain private.🙄

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@ 8.25
It was a joke as I know with Bishop Pat’s charity work and his extreme care for the needy and the marginalised that he will be a Socialist.
People will never forget Thatcher the milk snatcher.
But some do support the Tories and God help us.
Pat’s Dad would never forgive him if he ever voted Tory.
eh ! many love a Bitch 😉 🙂 🙂

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The choice being given is would you like Rishi to kick you in your right bollock or Liz to kick you in your left one.

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10.25
No, the Church does not condemn Socialism. A few old men IN the Church condemn it, but they are not the Church.
Your equating the Church with these men (priests) is an expression of clericalism.
Remember these old farts approved capital punishment, in direct contravention of Jesus’ express teaching to love one’s enemies.
These old men are Christ-betrayers. Anything they morally condemn or approve should never, ever, be taken at face value.

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Everyone can say what they want about KOB but he certainly was never involved with children as his crime was abuse of power and sex with his clergy and he was made to go and never got burried in his cathedral.
Vinnie and Bernie although not directly involved with children but they are the leaders and cover up merchants and both should go the clergy should grow balls and do a no confidence on their leadership.

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@ 9:34pm
The Novus Ordo Brigade will be enjoying yet another attack on Catholicism from their hero Fanny. But remember Pope’s die, The Church goes on. Everything that oul melt’s done will be reversed.😏

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Oscott. He was ordained deacon there and then sent to Leuven for further studies by Maurice Coco de bombom.

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Nursie has to go!
Elsie will retire but not before the next Conclave
Both have destroyed any legacy – cover up merchants is v bad optic and damage has been done – plus everyone close to them tarred with the same brush.
Very ugly and dark day for Birmingham

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I can see how a 16 year old could fall for a bloated gargoyle like Quigley.
Jesus! Was that boy really so desperate?

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@8:04
The fact that I have BPD does NOT make me a liar and all your attempts to make me out to be a “nutter” who is borderline neurotic/psychotic are cruel and wicked. Lest any of you forget: Fr Ger had his cousin, Joseph Ryan, ring Pat to slander me in April 2022. One of the lies was that my spouse tried to have me sectioned. A “priest” using my mental health diagnosis to try and save his own skin! All of Fr Ger’s past, present and future work with the homeless and underprivileged will never make up for the evil that he has done. If any of you who commented to me on the thread about BPD are priests, then please know that you have finally convinced me that the RCC is an abomination and I wish to renounce my faith. All of your claptrap will NEVER change the facts: Fr Ger Fitzgerald is a serial womaniser, liar, user, deceiver and what is even more abhorrent is that he has shown me not even one iota of remorse or offered an apology. Carry on with your mendacious comments. I know my true worth and no weapon formed against me shall prosper! May the One True God, the God of Israel, have mercy upon your souls. Shema Israel, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad. SHABBAT SHALOM 🇮🇱 שבת שלום

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Ger has no parish and out of ministry. He wasn’t mentioned in the Diocesan changes this year, he no longer has an active role. You had no sexual relations during your relationship. We have not heard his side of the story for fairness and your daily rant about Fr Ger is nothing but your and others hearsay. You admit to a personality disorder on this forum one that is based on abandonment issues, leaving you open to criticism and challanges. You have drip fed the story from the start and added information as suits. Nothing new about Ger in months but some of you personal life played out in full. This blog is not meant to be about you Karen. You are not meant to be on trial, stop putting yourself out there. Noone needs your personal information. Seek help for this behaviour as per your diagnosis. These are the facts.

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@9:23 I disclosed my personal information in order to prove a point, not to gain sympathy or draw attention to myself. Fr Ger knew about my vulnerabilities yet it did not stop him from taking advantage of me. Fr Ger will be held accountable and unless there is closure, he will continue to be a topic on this blog. Like it or lump it.

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You should not have to prove points Karen and nobody gives personal information. It’s documented on the blog GF behaviour. I believe you but you need to take a step back and let go of this ‘No surrender’ crusade which is toxic. To answer your angry ending, I don’t mind lumping if it’ll for good.

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Everyone that challanges you does not defend Ger that is a fact. You argue with everyone that says that and never win. You are criticised and challanged on your facts and personality. You chose to put up your personal information, you name call and bully. You’re right and everyone else is wrong and spit back vitriolic comments. You strive for revenge and say you dont but its there in your language each day and which is morally wrong. I have not read a post defending Ger for a long long time. I read opinions on the gravity of his relationship with you but I do understand that he hurt you and led you on and that hurt is real. But you also have to look at the context of this blog, where priests sexually abused children or raped young seminarians. Keep it real Karen. We dont need to know your politics or that you’re a Trump supporter. There are bigger battles being fought by Pat. Use the blog wisely or you come across every day with the same story and readers are bored and challange you.

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10:06 I beg to differ. I do need to prove my points for the following reasons:
1. I am constantly being challenged on the blog.
2. I know in the very depths of my soul and inner being that I was grievously WRONGED and DAMAGED by the priest’s behaviour and actions towards me. I do not want it to happen to anyone else.
3. There has been no effort on the part of Fr. Ger Fitzgerald to resolve the situation. He continues to spin lies and refuses to accept responsibility. Until such time as the issues between us are resolved, I reserve the right to discuss him on the blog. Ger has been offered an invitation to meet with myself and Pat but he chooses to ignore this opportunity to bring closure and healing on both sides. He is apparently still bound by the rules and procedures of the RCC institution. IMHO he will never humble himself and admit his wrongdoing because then it would have an impact on his financial settlement with the church— Mammon has a very powerful allure.

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11:38 I only made a comment in passing about Trump as someone had posted a comment about Ivana Trump’s charity work, and suddenly I was bombarded with hateful comments from anonymous bloggers. Do you expect me to behave in a a morally upright fashion and use nice language when anonymous people slag me on the blog? Never. I am not going to allow myself to be a victim again of any kind of abuse; verbal, emotional or otherwise. I will fight back as long and as hard as necessary until the issues with the priest are resolved.
You haven’t read a comment defending Ger in a long time? 21/7/22 3:59 am “Fitzgerald only acted in an immoral manner, what about your immoral manners , don’t they count or is it a case that it’s ok for you to do except others particularly the church !One rule for you and a different rule for others is it ?”
My battle may seem trivial to you, but it certainly is not trivial to me or to Bishop Pat. If you find the subject of Fr. Ger boring or repetitive then please feel free to scroll past the comments.

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11:38 Addendum: By the same token, do we need to hear Fr. Todd’s opinions on Trump and his vile, antisemitic comments about Israel? Are there certain rules that only apply to me regarding blog etiquette and a different set of rules for everyone else?! Such a double standard 🤣. Up free speech!!! Have a nice day.

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11.57am karen i know Ger took advantage of your kindness towards him re acceppting presents clothes etc but do you not feel that you have any part to play in this at all. You have to be responsible for your mistakes and poor judgement and take some ownership for that. This seemed to continue for quite a long time and you weren’t complaining then. You can’t keep saying thzt this priest destroyed you..
I know that you are upset about the way the friendship ended and that is very understandable, but sometimes we have to learn from our mistakes and not allow it to happen again So what is the real issue with you and Ger and what is making you so angry.?. i think that you may be more angry with yourself because yiu hoped for a better outcome between ye after all you had done for him to keep him happy. If i am missing something, please let me know. I’m only going by what i am reading on the blog.
I do feel that the allegations that you are making about the 17k in his bank account is quite serious and i’m just wondering if you should really get the facts on the matter first before putting it on a public blog.. just be careful what you say because you’re angry with him as that’s not fair to Ger either. Innocent until proven guilty. The private messages between ye that ye shared should never have appeared on this blog. It makes it hard to believe that you ever did love him like you claimed.

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What is making me so angry? The fact that a RC priest targeted me, said he loved me, told his best friend that he loved me, while the whole time he was using me, deceiving me, lying and carrying on with other women. I think that I have every right to be not only angry but downright outraged.
As for the 17k, no one outside the RCC will ever know the truth because the matter is being covered up.
Regarding messages on the blog: I sent Pat screenshots to prove I was telling the truth. Pat chose which ones to publish.
I did love Ger once but after all the lies and trickery, that love has died…

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3:03 I am also angry at the bishops mentioned in this comment from a Killaloe priest dated 4/5/21. They KNEW and they did NOTHING. SHAME on all of you. NEGLIGENCE in the first degree!
“I am a Killaloe priest. Three bishops were/are aware of Ger’s “problems”.
A public scandal was only a matter of time.
This should have been nipped in the bud years ago.
Once again, weakness, mediocrity and inaction have hurt the peoole.”

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