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DUNKELD BISHOP FACING EARLY RETIREMENT.

“Bishop Buckley,

The Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain has asked for Bishop Stephen Robson of Dunkeld to resign. The spin will be that he’s retiring early due to ill health. He does have Parkinson’s. Here’s why he’s really retiring:

1) Relationship with Keith Patrick.

Stephen was a long term close friend of Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien; Keith was known as Bunny and Stephen as Pettle. They taught us in Blair’s together. When Stephen/Pettle  was consecrated (auxiliary) bishop of St Andrew’s & Edinburgh, the MC and Cathedral Administrator, Mgr Michael Regan who died of HIV/AIDS, hid the crozier immediately before Mass on top of a cupboard; he’d slept with Keith on the promise of being made an Auxiliary and that’s why he was one of the three who outed Bunny to The Nuncio. Hell hath no fury like a lady priest scorned. When Bunny was removed Pettle abandoned him, cut him off and had nothing to do with him.

N.B: When Lay On My Cushion became Archbishop in succession to Bunny he did so with the agreement that Rome would move Pettle on from the Archdiocese and so he was sent to Dunkeld. There Pettle replaced one of Bunny’s old love rivals with Cardinal Granny Grey hips, the predatory alcoholic Vincent Logan. Pettle has indulged all the Dunkeld clergy queens in lace with smells and bells everywhere since arriving ithere. He publicly ridiculed Pope Francis instructions on the TLM. Lay On My Cushion has been working with The Nuncio to have Pettle retired off.​

2) Relationship with Christopher Morris.

It was well known in The Via Cassia that Stephen, then Spiritual Director, was having very close to Christopher Morris which continued when Christopher was dismissed and still living in Rome as a lay student. Stephen knew of all Christopher’s conquests inside and outside The Via Cassia whether consensual or not. He was compromised and became Christopher’s Chief Protector and fought tooth and nail to have Christopher readmitted and eventually ordained. He intended to attend Christopher’s recent ordination but was told by the Nuncio not to attend and like Sean Brady cited Covid for his non attendance.

MILLARVIE

N. B: When Father Rector Milarvie had Christopher removed from the Via Cassia for his predatory behaviour in the college and gay bars of Rome, Stephen openly opposed his removal, was incandescent with rage and was swearing in the Salone and Refectory to and about Father Rector. When Father Rector was returned to the archdiocese of Glesgay for not towing the party line he was set up by Archbishop Conti & Stephen Robson and sent to the parish of Christopher’s long term lover. He had already set honey traps for 2 other priests including Mgr Huge Bradley, VG in Glesgay, who fell into it.

FATHER MILLARVIE

From Daily Record

Angry parishoners were told to “go to confession” after they raised objections to their new priest accused of “unwanted harassment” during a drunken homosexual incident.

Father Paul Milarvie was accused of trying to “constrain” a male guest at his parish house in 2010, just months after he returned to Scotland

That led to an investigation by the Archdiocese of Glasgow.

Milarvie was later allowed to keep his parish and dragged the church into a row over homosexuality after the incident was classed as “totally unworthy of a priest”.

The complaint against Milarvie alleged he invited a man to dinner at his parish house and an incident, which is disputed, occurred.

Milarvie apologised to the man, who agreed to return for a second dinner. It was during this evening he claimed he was subjected to unwanted harassment.

After an investigation, Archbishop Mario Conti later said there had been no crime committed and claimed there had been “consensual” activity, rather than an unwelcome approach by Milarvie.

He said allowing for the “morally reprehensible over-indulgence” in drink, Milarvie’s actions had been “voluntary and totally unworthy behaviour on the part of a priest”.

Now churchgoers at St Mary’s chapel in Duntocher, near Glasgow, are up in arms over the proposed move by Milarvie to their parish.

One, who asked not to be named, said: “Parishioners are outraged 
and disgusted at his dark secrets. 
Meetings are being held to discuss the way forward.

“This priest is not wanted or welcomed. It’s a disgrace after the way he’s behaved and this dreadful issue has been swept under carpet by past and present church 
authorities. No one is listening to the people who pay for the upkeep of the church.”

The parishioner claims they emailed and phoned Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, a friend of Milarvie, but were ignored.

He added: “People are utterly appalled. We have contacted 
Archbishop Tartaglia and have been met with a disgraceful attitude.

“The priest we spoke to said we should ‘go to confession’ and that Milarvie was ‘forgiven’.

“We said that wasn’t good enough and that we’re very concerned he’ll do this again. He said, ‘We don’t know if he’ll do it again but we hope not’. Disgraceful.

People deserve to know the truth. We want this priest out. Not only of our parish but of the priesthood.”

The case, which came to light in 2012 after the church spoke out against SNP plans to legalise same-sex marriage, prompted accusations the church was confused in its 
attitude to homosexuality.

Milarvie, 51, was vice-rector of the Pontifical Scots College in Rome from 2001 to 2005 and rector from 2005 to 2009. He is currently the parish priest for St Flannan’s in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow.

A spokesman for the Archdiocese of Glasgow said: “Fr Milarvie was involved in an isolated drink-related incident some years ago which was well documented at the time.

He was subject to a Church disciplinary process with which he complied fully. He has served without blemish since that time and is loved by his present parishioners at St Flannan’s who have been fully supportive of him and are sorry to lose him.

“The Archbishop has full confidence in Fr Milarvie and believes he will make a fine parish priest for St Mary’s.”

Happy Retirement Bishop Robson; you and your type will not be missed by the Church in Scotland that you’ve destroyed. The truth will out about your time “lecturing” us in Blair’s when you should’ve been protecting us.​

224 replies on “DUNKELD BISHOP FACING EARLY RETIREMENT.”

Good riddance to the old creep. Time these were purged. Can he go and live in Bunny’s old
Bungalow across the border?

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10.58 they are all corrupt 2 faced creeps covering each other’s butts in more ways than one.

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I never know why people allow their WC to be photographed for sales particulars. Kitty had quite a stretch to reach the toilet roll to wipe her backside.

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9:09 don’t be silly Kitty don’t wipe own backside, none of them do. These spoilt brats refuse to take the bad with the good. They just don’t do s***. They deny it, ignore it or their cabal clear up for them.

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Hideous. What is wrong with the church, employing all those gays yet expecting a bishop to live with that fireplace.

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What a monstrous bungalow- it looks like a great granny lived in it and not a prince of the church. The shame of a cardinal ending his days looking at the fireplace and sleeping with a polyester-cotton mix tartan duvet. At least the walk-in shower would have made it easy to clean up after her friends had been around for a session.

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It looks like they furnished it with secon hand junk from a charity shop. Anybody paying over £200k for that horrible bungalow needs their head examined.

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@ 9.32 am. They did – it was all provided by the SVP and was Leo Cushley’s revenge as he thought Bunny should be living a life of prayer and penance away from the public eye. That sideboard served as his altar! His visitors were shocked at his accommodation and ostracisation by Edinburgh.

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Let’s pray that something equally appealing is found for Pettle to eke out the remaining days of her life.

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Bishop Pat I think it would be good if critcising bishops’houses was a regular feature on the blog. You post the right move link and we’ll all wail at the state of the decor.
Ambrosden Avenue first 😆
And there could be a series about monasteries based on their Instagram. This comment alone should stop any monastery posting on Instagram for a bit.

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They need these fire sales. Maynooth’s latest published accountreveal that there is an annual €1.8m shortfall between income and expenditure. How is that sustainable? For the first time they have put a value on the campus – €60m – which seems suspiciously low and indicates that they are limbering up for a sale.

https://www.charitiesregulator.ie/en/information-for-the-public/search-the-register-of-charities/charity-detail?srchstr=Saint%20Patrick%27s%20college&regid=20000066

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Both those Irish presbyteries are in a state of disrepair; one priest had samurai swords to keep his parishioners at bay and probably spent all afternoon in that armchair drinking his Fanta. What a miserable life if you’d been asked to live in either of those places.

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11.30 Vendor is not Church for old presbytery in Newmarket on Fergus – they sold it years ago. They have 2 other houses for priest there, 1 vacant.

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11.04 nice try Padre but we’ll stick with flushing out deviant clergy & their members that hurt & damage people & do whatever they deem necessary to cover it up.

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My thoughts exactly ! Was he actually ever gay living with that decor 😱😱😱 the fireplace – the carpets – what did the divine Oscar say (paraphrase) “either that carpet goes or I do” – mind you OW was on the absinthe – KOB was just the whisky

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@11.11. If the walls of Bunny’s aul bungalow could speak!

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Different island today from Phonsie, Monahan, & the Irish contingents of past few days on blog but similar Roman Catholic Church backstabbers & deviants. Crooks & Criminals worldwide in the Roman Catholic Church. What a shower of spiteful Auld Queen Bishops hiding each others croziers & setting each other up in honey traps!! You couldn’t make it up. Truth is stranger than fiction in the Roman Catholic Church.

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Yes. If a religion leaves a trail of raped and traumatized children, simple common sense would suggest its claims are fake.

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Contemplative Prayer: Traditional Christian Meditations for Opening to Divine Union, Thomas Keatingsays:

Don’t confuse the Message with corrupt deceitful hypocritical duplicitous messengers.
Jesus is Lord.

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Bishop Fintan, has done he’s job.
GF was removed out of ministry against the communities wishes and they even turned up to he’s door banging unannounced, mass was cancelled, he couldn’t celebrate he’s own father’s funeral and he didn’t get an appointment. What more do you want. You people make sick and I’m not on Gers side!

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12:03 We are watching the blog with interest here in Killaloe and find it very significant that someone using the moniker of John, who claims he is Bishop Monahan’s brother in law, provided us with information on yesterday’s blog about Fintan’s involvement in the “supposed sagas” of Killaloe Diocese. We look forward to hearing more from John about how his brother in law is protecting the flock.

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The bishop did he’s job the offending priests are out with no chance of getting back in.

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@10:23 Thank you for asking for clarification. In the meantime, anonymous clerics on the blog are making veiled threats to tell Terry the truth about what is being said on the blog. I have news for you agitators: the message to Terry has already been passed on.

Terry is the key to unlocking the secret of the 17k and that is why you are so afraid. Enjoy your mental masturbation (Terry’s words) 🤣✌️

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10:23 Correction to our comment: John is apparently an in-law to the person who is married to Bishop Fintan’s sister? John, you said that you don’t know what is going on in the Diocese and are not privy but in the next comment at 3:11 you state that Bishop Fintan “has no hand,act or part in the supposed sagas of Killaloe.” Could you please clarify?

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Both priests are out of ministry. Neither are coming back. What more do ye want?

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To the anonymous person who referred to me as “Kraken” on yesterdays blog @3:25 and said “The Kraken only offers smoke and mirrors…”
This is my response to you: Where there is smoke, there is FIRE 🔥.

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Pat – Carey has utterly no hope and GF is just collecting a paycheck. Neither will ge in good standing anytime this century

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Unless Bishop Fintan introduced Ger to the girls or he’s psychic, I can’t see how he can take any responsibility for this saga. Ger was flawed from day one of his vocation and after reading this blog over the last 15 months you could confidently say, he has some mental health issues and too is vulnerable. After the YD saga, Fintan placed Ger out of ministry and Karen knew he was out of ministry with no parish. Surely that was a red flag for Karen? A priest without a parish and his name in the gutter throughout the diocese and she believed his lies???? All she had to do was research GF and from Ennis to Birr, his reputation is tarred. Fintan is the easy target here. He did listen to both women and believed them, as Bishop Pat says. The future is bleek for GF and the church and unless privy to information from Westbourne we may never know. I believe Ger should go and go himself but that’s up to him and his conscious but if I was a betting man, and I’m not, a fiver on Fintan and Canon Law to deliver. Well done to Bishop Pat on supporting the women, women were long unsupported by the church and thank you for being there for them but why are we still flogging this on the blog? YD has moved on but Karen seems unable to get over the hurt. She will name call and shout when anyone disagrees or challanges her ways, she has lost all her inhibitions and reveals personal information. Her anger is felt by all who read the blog and although most support her in GF leaving ministry she attacks those who question her behaviour and motives and turned the GF saga into a witch hunt.
So today we have two vulnerable people, one with an agenda of ‘no surrender’ and the other moving on, or so it may seem as we have no information but both need some intervention and healing. This blog is not that place.

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@ 1:02
What makes you say Ger was flawed from day one of his vocation? If so why was he ordained? Is Bishop Fintan not Ger’s boss? Was Ger supposed to be a professional with professional moral ethical responsibilities? The entire saga sounds very peculiar. There seems to be a lot more to the matter. Why doesn’t Bishop Fintan contact Bishop Pat to arrange appropriate joint intervention and healing off blog.

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1:02 I will respond in part now:
First and foremost YD is still reading the blog and commenting and I am in no way judging her.
I would like to point out that GF presented me with a very different narrative in relation to the Ennis scandal through his use of lies (some in writing) and deception. The fact that he has lied to his own Bishop and then later changed his story should be a red flag. Fr Ger spoke the most vile of all lies about me in his conversation with his cousin who spoke with Pat. Pat can testify to the conversation and it is all up on a past blog. The fact that GF would have the audacity to tell such injurious, slanderous lies, and threaten my underage children, should be taken very seriously.
The 17k is another unsolved issue and the fact that I was being threatened yesterday on the blog proves that Gerbots want to create friction between myself and Terry so that I won’t find out anything else about the money. What they fail to realise is that I have already told Terry what was said on the blog. Terry also knows about the misuse of my photos in Fr Ger’s booklet.
What Fr Ger has done to me may not bother some of you, but it has devastated me. I have every right to pursue justice and hold the RCC priest accountable for his grievous actions towards me and my family members.

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I do not need your defence or proof of ‘red flag’ about GF that you offered in your reply. I had read enough about him to know he is unsuitable as a priest from the YD blogs and from Bishop Fintan action of removing him from ministry. Ger has obvious problems with relationships, women and lying. All these traits indicate a mental health issue that he needs to deal with and may be unaware of. He led you on, cast you aside and then spoke ill of you to defend himself. He is unworthy of the companionship of any lady and for his behaviour you should understand that you may never receive an apology.
About this 17k, unless you or Terry can prove it’s belonging to another source, you will have no case. You could also accept that GF is a liar, he just has 17k in his account and sponged off you while he pretended to be poor. That would make him a pathetic scrooge. I’m sorry you met such a man. I don’t believe it’s parish money as the funds would be controlled by the main office.
Acceptance of these circumstances would help you move on.

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2.53 Is it not obvious by his behaviour that he was unsuitable for priesthood. How he got through formation baffles me. I refer you back to his Ennis parish and YD saga and that’s when I first heard of GF. There is nothing sinister in my reply, just my opinion and yes Fintan is GF’s boss and I have no idea why he won’t contact Bishop Pat but by all means drop him a line and ask him. He was kind to the women and I’m sure he would be kind to you.

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@2.59 I wouldnt dispute what was said to Pat and was aired previously was atrocious. You are due an apology for that.
It must be borne in mind though that Karen kicked all of this off first. She went the blog. She scandalized him here (and continues to do so). She revealed all sorts of details and alleged financial irregularities. She exposed private messages between them. She made a holy show of him and daily continues to – when in fact he broke no rules whatsoever with her.
Pat you wont publish this but you should. These are facts.

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4:15
I appreciate you are giving your opinion. Of course its obvious from his behaviour. Ger is not alone.There are major questions to be asked surrounding formation. What is going on in seminaries? Bishop Fintan has responsibilities in this saga which he cannot walk away from.Kindness is not in question. Resolution seems to be the issue. Perhaps Bishop Fintan might consider contacting Bishop Pat with a view towards a resolution of any outstanding difficulties in the best interests of all concerned as well as the wider christian community.

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In my opinion, what else could Bishop Fintan do with GF? He took away his parish and ministry. He spoke to the women and believed them. What else should he do or have done? I cannot speculate on what is hoping on with Canon Law. Maybe you should put all your opinions on paper to +Fintan and explain to him your concerns and opinions. The problem stems from formation and ‘the powers that be’ need to get it right.

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4:09 I am not going to have closure or heal until Fr Ger Fitzgerald admits his wrongdoing and apologies so if he has no intention of doing that, then I guess we are at a stalemate.
I have every right to monitor the blog and comment where I feel it to be necessary. This is supposed to be an inclusive blog and not only for clerics; there is a wide array of people from all over the world, and with different backgrounds, reading and commenting on the blog. The purpose of the blog is to expose corruption in the RCC and to allow the victims to have their say. I realise that some of you do not consider me a victim and that is your business, but Pat DOES recognise that I have been victimised thus he has published my story/narrative/account, or whatever you prefer to call it, on HIS blog.
There are always new bits of information being released here on the blog, some of which is relevant to Fr Ger Fitzgerald and Killaloe Diocese, and that is why I am keeping tabs on what goes on here. I feel no guilt or shame in exposing Fr Ger’s misdeeds on this blog. Others will learn from it and perhaps it will keep some women out there in Limerick or elsewhere who are reading this from being targeted and hurt, the way I was, by the wayward priest.
Until confirmation is given that Fr Ger is completely gone from the Killaloe Diocese/RCC, then he remains a person of interest on the blog. Ideally some of us on the blog would like to have answers to all our unanswered questions right now, but that might not ever happen because Fr Ger is still employed by the RCC and we are being met by a wall of silence on their part. If and when concrete evidence is provided that Fr Ger is out of the RCC permanently, then I will consider other options in my quest for justice and that will be done by me privately. Until that time, I will continue to stand my ground on this blog.
Sincerely,
Karen

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@6.54 You were friends. That is all. He freeloaded – bad form – but he made you no promises and when he clearly wanted you to part you were hurt, even to the point of taking pics of him in public. I dont see what case he has to answer.

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Karen has told me that Gernled her to believe that they had a future together.

Ger also told Banker Terry of his strong feelings for Karen.

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I have not questioned your right to be on the blog and yes the blog is inclusive and this blog is a vital tool for those in need of a voice against the church. I never said the blog was only for clergy. You’re reading my posts but you are not understanding them. I don’t wish to repeat what I’ve said previously to you. I wish you well.

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Response to Karen’s clarification.
I am aware of that information, you knew he was a priest when you met. When he was removed from his parish you sided with him, protected him and believed his lies. He is has lied to you more than once, your relationship with him was a lie and his poverty is probably a lie, everything he told you is a lie. It’s a matter of trust and GF broke a scared rule in any relationship and left you tormented by his lies. It’s hard to believe he preached the Gospel. I hang my head in shame that a priest could be so cruel to another human but here I am. God bless to you this Friday evening.

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11.13am Why are there so many comments that dont have a “Reply button” on your blog pat. It is frustrating trying to respond to a comment when there is no REPLY button. Can you explain?

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5:13
I’m not Bishop Fintan so I don’t know what else he might be able to do. Perhaps professional mediation might be an option.I know nothing of canon law but I do
know this ongoing saga is anything but edifying.The problem of formation is a bigger
issue-an irrelevancy on one level to the current en-passe. Far be it for me to explain
my opinions and concerns to Bishop Fintan. I have no doubt diocesean personnel are monitoring this blog. Again, professional mediation might be an option towards resolution.

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@1:02 Clarification regarding your comment: I met Fr Ger while he was still a priest in ministry. He even performed a Sacrament in my house. He was a trusted priest. Was I wrong to believe his lies?

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10.48 why is the Bishop of Killaloe having his family members speak on his behalf on this blog. Are they running the Diocese now?

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@6:31 Thank you…when I said in a past blog comment that my faith has been negatively affected by Fr Ger’s actions, I sincerely meant it. Shabbat Shalom & blessings 🕯🕯 Karen

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@6:31 Owl – I have to say that you hit the nail on the head when you said that the priest left me tormented by his lies. It brings me great relief to know that someone on the blog finally understands what I have been trying to get across. Thank you again.
To the other person who asked about Fintan’s family member: I have notified Fintan by email about it. I know that he will not respond but, in any case, I wanted him to know that it has been noted by me and that I will not forget; it certainly raises a lot of questions…I don’t expect John will be back here commenting under that name. Karen

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@Pat 7.18 yes he may have indicated they had a future together. But then changed his mind. This happens every day of the week, everywhere. I ask you Pat, would the same tenacity – or even a blog post at all – be allowed if their sexes were reversed? No it wouldnt, Fitzgerald would be done for harrassment. The 17k and Terry’s Chocolate Orange is a total red herring.

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@10.23 that’s not John that’s Fintan himself and his inner circle!

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9:13 Red herring? That’s why some anonymous wuss on the blog threatened to contact Terry…
Father Dowling™️ you are not! You are an Antisemite and you are trying to create a smokescreen because you know that I am making valid points on the blog and that must infuriate you 😁.
Time to demote yourself back down to Father 🥳.

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– The liturgy war was started by the hostile city state 53 years ago as a decoy from the real rot which it intended to entrench. This shows liturgy and “eucharist” were never important ever. Your correspondent has weakened our case by citing the pope.
– When the world shone its spotlight on the privates of us boys, the church (especially in a SE England green field, blue sky, white heat dioceselet) was browbeating everyone about its non existent and changeable “reforms” and teaching us not to pray.
– We need more detail on the preachings of Robson at the college mentioned and the relevance of “protecting us”.

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What did the Guards do about the €17k & the trespass & property damage then??? Fintan can’t just stick Head in sand when it suits. He is responsible for his clerical & lay representatives.

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This doesn’t explain why Bishop Robson is retiring. It merely rehashes stuff that, if it Is true, is already well known to many people. No new issues have arisen since his appointment as Bishop of Dunkeld, or at least none that have been reported here. If it’s true he is retiring and has Parkinson’s, it seems likely that the latter is the explanation for the former.

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12:29 Scots Lass – here is a more liklely scenario why he ought to go … All the rumours around Robson and O’Brien aside, (well never know the truth) he signed the episcopal letter of attack on the Synodal movement in Germany and at same time defied the Pope and celebrated Confirmation in the EF a full year after this being restricted, pandering to Doohan and the (substantial) lace and Latin crew of nellies in Dunkeld. He even publicly apologised for Traditionis Custodes and called Francis ‘harsh’. There may be rumours of health and sex scandals but he has been a disaster!

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Being in favour of the Mass that produced many saints, and which was the norm for hundreds of years is hardly comparable to being in an illicit sexual relationship. No Bishop,is ever going to please all the factions in the Church, so that’s not a reason to remove him.
I don’t know anything about the German business and I don’t know who Doohan is, so I haven’t commented on those.

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Rev. Patrick Bonner c/o Diocesan Offices Raphoe has multitudinous accounts of exactly the same “arrangements” from his vast experience of Roman Catholic prelates beginning with the Legionaries of Christ, then Rome and “globally.” Last known “arrangements” Fordham NY. Scotland the Brave, Jesus wept. Bonner was a great friend of Fr Lawrence Boyle, Armagh.

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Scots Lass – if you support the EF and do not know Doohan then I doubt you are 1. Scots 2. Lass or therefore 3. Credible in anything you post – are u McKeever? (Hardly a lass!)

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I am Scots. I was a Lass in the past. I am not named McKeever. I am in favour of the EF being available to those who want it though I rarely attend it.
It would have been easier for both of us if you had just told me who Doohan is.

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“Ill health” … remember when Mark Kirby resigned as superior of Silverstream for ill health? What excuse will be made for the resignation of Elijah Carroll? 😂

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Didn’t Rawhide and the abbot general also resign for that reason? At this rate they’ll start making out they want to spend more time with their family.

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Richard Purcell’s whereabouts are a secret. Is he part of the commune in Phonsie’s palace?

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3.38pm The whereabouts of Rawide Purcell and several other Irish clerics is a “secret”. What’s new 😏

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3.39 He always liked Hide and Seek and it was anatomical, not geographical.

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5.39 the usual fake church excuses to protect their members:
Retired
Sick
On Sabbatical
Or as a last resort when it’s really serious:

SILENCE

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People do retire.
People do become sick.
People do go on sabbatical.
And sometimes people’s circumstances are no one else’s business.

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5:41
Inch by inch, row by row, gonna let these plonkers know
All it takes is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground
Pulling weeds and picking stones, man is made of dreams and bones
Feel the need to grow my own ’cause the time is close at hand
Grain for grain, sun and rain, find my way in nature’s chain
Plant your rows straight and long, temper than with prayer and song
Old crow watching hungrily, from his perch in yonder tree
In my garden I’m as free as that feathered thief up there
Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow
All it takes is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground.

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2.59pm. Karen you found out afterwards that Ger had lied to you re situation with YD but you continued to welcome him to your home and bought him clothes, books, meals etc. You fed him and gave him a room at your house when he wanted to stay. Correct me if i’m wrong . You have to be responsible too and i am not excusing Ger Fitzgeralds wrong doing in all of this. Initially you may not have known the real story but you certainly did find out and supported Ger all the way and wanted a relationship with him. So come on now. Fair is fair. Both Ger and YOU are responsible for your own actions.

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9:43 I was targeted, lied to and deceived throughout the entire relationship. Why are you insistent that I take responsibility? Does a victim of abuse need to take responsibility for being abused? Allow me to quote from a past comment: “This has to do with a priest taking advantage of a vulnerable woman with whom he had a pastoral relationship, and the priest getting his end away in order to fulfil his own needs and desires. If anything is abusive, this situation is that.”

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6.34 You know the NY Cardinal of the time saved hiss life. He had been given stale blood. O” Connor went home and got the best medic on the planet in the field and flew him to Rome to attend JPII. He was a Jew, of course.

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Exactly, more BS & cop out. A bunch of corrupt aul Queens making a sneaky exit with zero repercussions for all the lies, coverup & corruption.

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It is the same with Rory Coyle and Richard Purcell, ‘We don’t know if they’ll do it again but we hope not’

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Gross, these Bishops are like something from the 1980s American soap dramas – callous and ruthlessly ambitious divas sleeping their way to the top and claws, or in this case croziers, drawn at high noon or midnight to their rivals. Nothing Christian about them.

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10:23 Definitely not ‘The Thorn Birds’. Or maybe it was updated as ‘The Horn Boys’.

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Scots Lass – if you support the EF and do not know Doohan then I doubt you are 1. Scots 2. Lass or therefore 3. Credible in anything you post – are u McKeever? (Hardly a lass!)

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Compromised Roman Catholic clergy and their members are a toxic endangerment.

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4.59 ” Why does the church want all of you, even the bits she can’t use?” It was a great line but sure did De Brick a saw not fancy Dane( not family speaking but actor to actor on screen, he was gay in life) ? Very true to life, the Dane bit. The Australian writer had an insiders view and help.

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Early retirement isn’t something you face, it’s something you look forward to. This is a reward, not a punishment.

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8.48am Well Said, spoilt self entitled clergy and their powerful sponsors never pay for anything they do to anyone.

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There is still a portrait of Keith O’Brien in the refectory at the Scots College. It should be removed and burnt so the poor seminarians don’t have to stare at his creepy, predatory face whilst chewing on their al dente penne arrabbiata.

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@ 8.56 a lot of clergy and parishioners think KOB was badly treated compared to some of his brother bishops as there were NO safeguarding issues as a mitre caused the fall down.
RIP Kitty

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I do think that having sex with people you have power over is very problematic to say the least even if they were not minors.

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Kitty’s portrait should remain with a trigger warning as they do in museums with those caught up in the slave trade. It would remind us how corruption and hypocrisy are widespread in the RCC and to be on guard. Cancelling Kitty from the history of the Scottish RCC assists no one. “Warning: The painting portrays a homophobe who condemned gays whilst living as a sexually active gay man and Roman Catholic Cardinal.”

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I have to disagree here. I think every church and order should be forced to have portraits of abusers asdociated with it on the wall just to let people know.
As a portrait in the seminary that ones function is obviously to weed out any seminarians who might say something about it.

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@10.44am. Now there’s a blast from the past. How’re you doing Primate Richard? In Dundalk these days or are you in Avignon ?

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10.19: As you are well aware, Pat, some gay couples have very destructive, abusive relationships. There is a lot of “playing” around and open relationships in the gay world. It is a very immoral and reckless and frightening to know of the animalistic nature of some gay nights out – and inside!! Perversion of humanity and sexuality. I knew a gay couple who eventually parted after 20 years or more. What I often witnessed at times was horrendous: jealousy: anger: betrayal: shaming each other at times through vulgar comments: keeping tabs on their movements…It was so unhealthy a relationship and our friendship fell apart.

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5.51 You are describing Paul Moody by lemniscate and he reputedly heterosexual, homosexual or heterosexual; the same scale of love and depravity present. You are depicting a true scenario but, respectfully, your comment is homophobic in my opinion.

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Pat at 10:19 the reason you think it’s problematic to have sex with someone you have power over is problematic, is you have the empathy and compassion to see that it is a problem. You also have the understanding to see that it would automatically make any relationship there deeply problematic and abusive.
The reason abusers, including some commenters here, refuse to see that is they lack the empathy to understand it and, most tellingly, think that a huge power imbalance in a relationship is perfectly fine. This lack of understanding and twisted approach will usually stem from childhood.
Now wait for the furious responses….

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What chance is there of implementing Pope Francis’s “no gays in seminaries” policy when the vice rector (or rector of vice) is gay? He is hardly going to throw out a gay sem.

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It’s more or less compulsory in Maynooth. Oscott and Maynooth should have floats in the Pride parades. Might as well be honest about it and get some more recruits.

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@10:40 Not at all. Lets have a wagon load of bishops in the parade.Circling wagons seems to be what they do best so lets have a representative wagon load in the parade.

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Clergy who make a public vow of celibacy shouldn’t be having sex – if it’s a bishop then I’d say they are compromised and should resign.

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10:56 am
If Bishop Buckley was given 10 pounds every time such a comment was made on his blog
he would be a rich man. Bishops, the do as I say not as I do brigade, seem a law unto themselves.

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Perhaps the people who find celibacy hard are not really called by God to be priests as we are only really happy when we know we are doing Gods will. Some men are born asexual and would find celibacy ideal and could share a platonic relationship with another asexual as God sent his disciples out in pairs to teach fellow people about the love of God and to love our neighbour as God loves us. God may have allowed gay people to be born so they could have a loving relationship and it may be gay people that God now wants as priests as they will be able to dedicate their lives 100 per cent to Gods family.
I believe that we should talk more about paefophiles getting counselling amd therarpy about this awful curse instead of condemning and stigmatising them. It is only when we can understand what causes paedophiilia will we be able to stop it. Why The authorities covered this sickness up is impossible to understsnd.

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4.14 No man or woman is born asexual. That is like saying some are born with no thirst or appetite ( for food). The sex urge is a taste of the Divine, a pointer to the hereafter. Completely mangled by religious bodies of all creeds. Take the expression of physical sex away from a man and you have basically enslaved him, hence celibacy in all traditions.

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10.56 When Casey arrived in Rome after media exposure, JPII wanted him to brave it out, did not want him to resign. It was pressure from Irish Bishops that forced the resignation; a Puritan Race.

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Popes say homosexuals shouldn’t be ordained but they’ve done it and they just pay lip service to this – they are compromised themselves.
Benedict is as gay as the day is long and even lives with his live in caree masquerading as his career. So what hope is there?

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Oscott’s lavender mafia should be investigated and exposed – it’s hypocritical to train men who masquerade as faithful clergy but are wolves.

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Barnardos and IICSA exposed Birminghams. dark heart – another report beckons into Oscott .
It will happen one day – Oscott is a disgrace and has been for years; it’s a toxic place for straight men and has churned out some high quality sexual predators.
Jollie was like a pig in shit at Oscott I’m sure he felt v much at home.

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The only seminary I know of which has been directly implicated in clerical child sexual abuse is St John’s in Camarillo, and that is simply because it turned out such high numbers of abusers. A third of some years were subsequently credibly accused of abuse.
And guess what, it’s still going and still causing scandal.
Does anyone know of any others?

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The new parochial house in Newmarket-on-Fergus, where the current PP, Mick Collins (ex-dean of Maynooth) lives, cost €255k, so the diocese stands to make a nice profit.

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The stink of dirty old creep homosexual O’Brien still looms large.
When you think of the decent people who didn’t get near 80 and died in agony.
Seems the cathbots in some quarters bemoan his fall from grace and exposure.
Thank god the dirty hypocrite was exposed.

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He will loom large for decades and has cast an enormous shadow over the Scottish RCC. His fall from grace, and that of all his enablers, should spur the church in Scotland to be better – but it’s still a cesspit of vice and corruption.

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Pat how have you not received names from people over the scores of priests that have sexual arrangements in place?

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Another Bishop exposed, just wondering what about other bishops around the world especially Ireland. Once I saw a photo in Martel book, thought it looked like a ‘gay’ parade during the conclave. They are laughing at us, duped us et al. Robert Nugent YouTube video, getting the hit re miracle in Mexico. He’s a die hard trad which is surprising coming from ex his order (think it was legionnaire of christ).
Correct me if I’m wrong there when I say his ex order does NO(norvo odvus) mass instead of TLM, 🤔

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Yes, Seamus, +TD should resign. Do you have insider knowledge on the Meath ladies team?

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Seamus viii at 5.38pm
Which td’s were you referring to?
Watched all ire final re CIARRAI v tribes. It was a good match with some footballing exhibition coming from Clifford and Walsh. Thought Walsh was more impressive than imperious Clifford as he was my MOM.
A friend of mine met Comer in Galway for small chit chat as he sent me a photo of both. But it was 1 or 2 weeks after Armagh game as Comer wasn’t sporting a shiner after that brawl. Comer was in very good form after that brawl game.
Hurling is my passion as they come first before gaa. Gaa in my view is becoming more like mishmash of basketball and Australian football plus too many fouls. But CIARRAI v tribes game was v good, less fouling, more kicking the ball to wings etc. Ref had done a very good job.

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Seamus viii at 8.02pm

I get it re TD as I thought you were referring to td in the Dail.

The problem re bishops is their positions usually unsackable unless PF decides. That’s very rare.

Benedict anderson deserves to get a letter of good standing.

TD won’t resign, simple as that cos he knows its a unsackable position. That said, it would need more and more exposure in the long run to bring him down as that would take some time.

Also I don’t know much about him except for info on him on this blog. Think I have seen his face before somewhere (before he became a Bishop).

Shane Walsh was superb and unplayable on that day.

Saw Meath gaa ladies just once as their trademark was good defence. Kerry ladies have a Clifford there as its Anna Clifford, just wondering if she is any related to Clifford🤔

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DG 6:07, +TD, the bishop of Meath. Do you think he should resign? Will their be a blog story asking for his resignation?
Shane Walsh was awesome. The point he scored in the first half was incredible.
Colm O’Rourke will be taking the reigns for Meath. McStay will be taking the reigns at Mayo. It will be interesting to see how expert the RTÉ experts really are! They talk the talk. Can they walk the walk?
I agree regards hurling. Lovely hurling! 🏑😎

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DG 7:31, the chess pieces will have to be moved into position to smoke +TD out of office. The shoddy behaviour of denying Dom Benedict Andersen his letter of good standing is absolutely blatant. +TD’s behaviour is morally reprehensible.

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@ 3:16pm
Get a grip DG you weren’t on complaining about that dreadful priest saying Mass on a upturned boat which was sacrilegious to say the least. That lot of liberal lowlifes in the N.O. Brigade are laughing that they get away with anything et al. But for us die hard trads who only want the Tridentine Mass oul Fanny and his gay cohorts Cocopalmeria James Martin etc.scream their tits off if they even hear about The Latin Mass They think that they can do what they want, but it’s a different story when it comes to Sacred Tradition. But we’ll still be here no matter what they say. I know deep down you can’t wait to see The Cappa Magna again.😏

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Anon at 7.12pm

Hold your horse cos I didn’t mention priest and bubble boat. I was v v surprised to see that video as that priest didn’t put on his stole. That’s something that I don’t see in my lifetime until now. It demonstrated the mockery of NO mass as it only creates ridicule and laughter of rcc stood for. Think it was on RN YouTube as well.

Remember that I dabbled in new age things, it was TLM who helped me to get rid in faster time frame than the new mass. I didn’t realise that until I started comparing TLM and NO. TLM has more oomph in terms of spiritual warfare than NO. That’s my take but I’m not a fan in some ways such as priest back to ours, mass way top long (usually 1 hr 30ms to 2 hours 30mins), some nutcases or crackpots I saw in TLM but not in NO 🤷‍♀️. But I give lots credit to TLM re my battle with new age. TLM deserves to be continued, not to be dismantled.

Both have pros and cons as we aren’t perfect 🙈.

Have no time for j Martin or culpich as I’m glad that I’m not an American.

Cocopalmeria rings a bell, was he involved in cocaine party at his apartment or some place inside the Vatican. He didn’t get sacked but we would be in our jobs. No wonder they were cosseted with lots of perks that Joe public don’t have.

LOLOL re cappa magna as I think I’m past that for now. Did you meet mother Burke in Cork re fota liturgical conference 🤔.

Cappa magna dress was antiquated, out of date, too feminine (I think). Also it demonstrated their mindset as a power trip, nothing to do with humility.

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7:12 I always voice your comments as Lily Savage. I expect you bear a resemblance, too.

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8:02
Hi DG.
Beware of cappa magnas you know what happened last time.
Coco-pops was involved in the coke party.
Did you not go to the liturgical conference.
The cappa magna would look well at a fancy dress party.
What GAA matches on this weekend, DG.

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Let’s hope she’s found what she’s looking for. Have the other Clifton priests aka the two dames of Canterbury OSB found a new home?

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Fr Rupert’s move to the Oratory means that Bristol University has no chaplain and the Bishop of Clinton has not appointed a replacement because he has no priests to spare. Another loss, thanks to the bishop.

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Leonie at 8.56pm

Are you the same poster at 7.12pm 🤷‍♀️😉

Thanks re coco pops. I read somewhere that he’s a practising homosexual (think it’s lifesite news who reported as ‘practising homosexual’).

I know re effect of cappa magna but I’m over it. 😉

I wouldn’t go to liturgical conference if I were you. It’s talking shop that I have no interest in, period.

This weekend, it’s ladies gaa final CIARRAI v Meath on Sunday.

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9:08
God no DG.
I’m not the poster at 7:12. Heaven forbid.
Coco-pops still practicing is he? He must be a slow learner.
I’m glad you made a full recovery from your cappa magna experience.
Thats whats you get for quickie prayers.
I’m not going to the conference DG.
I’d rather watch paint dry.
Who are you supporting Kerry or Meath?
Enjoy watching the ladies final. Lol.

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3.50
Clergy have to seek approval of parish finance team and over a certain amout the diocesan finance team.
That home is shocking but to be fair some clergy do not let the finance team or the diocese know as they hate to ask and some properties still have the old twin sinks.
ggranted the property belongs to parishes it is shocking having anyone reside in that shithole.

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All those co-PP’s in Killaloe diocese where no-one takes any responsibility for anything and parishioners money is wasted on a hovel like this. Or rather a decent, if dated, property that has been become a hovel through neglect from the “don’t blame me” local clergy.

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You’ve got a funny idea of squalor. The decoration is probably over forty years old however it is clean and has obviously been looked after. Check your privilege.

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Strangers to the City: Reflections on the Beliefs and Values of the Rule of St. Benedict, Michael Caseysays:

Did Dom Purcell go astray?

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The time has surely come to review the number of Scottish dioceses and bishops. There are far too many in the shrunken post-Vatican II Scottish Church. They need to formally merge dioceses, or make a bishop have responsibility for more than one diocese, as happens in Ireland.

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Church is finished in Scotland: look at St Andrew’s & Edinburgh, Cushley would not be able to “man” parishes if it weren’t for the importation of presbyters from Nigeria, Ghana, India & rejects from religious orders. If he has 30 presbyters in this former cardinalatial archdiocese, then I’ll eat my capello romano.

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I will be in touch with an individual Sunday afternoon to arrange a meeting in strictest confidence.+Pat is already aware of my request. I’m bypassing the Ordinary. I have enough nonsense. If there’s a problem with my request, I will NOT be making another. I have enough. There are limits to everything. I will be seeking a mea maxima culpa from not just any old holy Joe masquerading in a Mitre. I have carried a can for years. But guess what…? I’ve known whose can I had to carry, for years! Enough said for now.

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7.00: I’m sure you must have trusted friends somewhere among the presbyterate. Your kind of threats usually evoke more questions about the accuser, in this instance, you yourself. I sometimes believe some priests are very precious to themselves and find the smallest irritant to be very difficult to bear. You should try marriage or a committed relationship and you’ll know what “true love” costs and it won’t be about minor “cans” but more real life day to day struggles – mortgages, children, food, education, bills of all kinds…early rising, work commitments, long daily commutes, – I bet you know what I’m talking about. Some priests allow themselves the luxury of too much self pity!!

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10.21am. Karen i’m going to ask you a question. I do remember reading what you said some time back that Ger had contacted you and told you that people were putting out vicious rumours about him in Ennis and you felt sorry for him and didn’t think that he could ever lie to you as he was a Priest, or something to that effect so when you found out that was a lie why didn’t you say ” take a hike”. . It was on social media for everybody to see. When you discovered the truth about the fact that he was with YD did that not ring alarm bells for you that he had been dishonest with what he told you.You still made a decision when the truth was revealed to have a friendship with him, doing everything for him to make him happy( your own words) knowing that what he had told you was untrue and you were even willing to take the friendship further into a relationship with him. Unless you take responsibility for your own actions you will never move on. As Dr Phil says ” you can’t change what you don’t acknowledge”. Ger and you are both responsible, not just Ger. You are overplaying the role of the victim just a bit. You have been quite cruel with some of the private messages between ye that were revealed on the blog. Some things revealed werre totally unnecessary and had nothing to do with the matter between you and Ger whatsoever Your allegations with re to the money spoken about also is the pits..

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11:40 I was not privy to the social media posts about the Ennis scandal. They were taken down very quickly. All my misinformation about the scandal came from Fr Ger. I have no friends in Ennis so how could I have known the truth?! I stood by him throughout the ordeal because I genuinely believed his lies and his narrative. He could do no wrong in my eyes and that stems from the fact that I was vulnerable and there was an emotional attachment. He had the wool pulled over my eyes and used that to his own advantage.
Overplaying the role of victim a bit? You have no real insight into how devastating an ordeal this has been and continues to be for me apart from what you have read on the blog. The damage/fallout caused by this saga is far worse than any one on the blog can possibly imagine. I cannot change other people’s opinions about me and that’s fine. I’m telling you like it is from my own point of view.
Screenshots of messages were sent to Pat in order to substantiate my claims. Pat chose which ones to publish so if you have an issue with that, pls take it up with him. The allegations regarding the 17k are relevant because the man was always claiming to be broke and the origin of the money is still unclear. If Fr Ger has nothing to hide then why are his minions threatening to tell Terry that he is being discussed on the blog? I explained it before and I’ll repeat: they are trying to create friction between myself and Terry because they don’t want me to know the truth.
I would also like to reiterate that Fr Ger has friends in co. Clare (and perhaps elsewhere?) that have criminal connections and have actually defamed another victim on this blog in a comment that I recently discovered from earlier this year. The woman in question who named herself, not only defamed the other victim, but also made a claim about herself that can easily be proven to be false. These are the kind of people that Fr Ger Fitzgerald surrounds himself with and in my opinion they should also be held accountable for the damage that they have caused to the other victim.
All of the above could have been avoided if the higher ups in the RCC had done their job properly. A Killaloe priest commented last year that three bishops were/are aware of Fr Ger’s “problems” and that it should have been nipped in the bud years ago. “Once again, weakness, mediocrity and inaction have hurt the people.”

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Armagh. Somebody who knows the man: Ask Sean Quinn X PP Of Temonfeckin and X CC Haggardstwon and Blackrock if he remembers the McGuinness family who had a shop in the village in his time there, They left the village. Particularly does he remember C or K ? Not a nice man Sean Quinn….well protected and I now know why.

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There is a priest staying tonight in the Culloden hotel tonight with a male and they only have a double bed in the room.

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8.47 Shane Halpin died some time ago. He is with God who binds up everything that others broke and all the suffering of human life is healed. Well done good and faithful man, come and inherit all you hoped in, pray for all of us Shane. Bill ( Mulvihill)

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1.13pm. Karen don’t think i am having a go at you because i’m not but i always like to be faiir. I apologise if you were never made aware of the fact that Ger had a relationship with the other person. I presumed that you knew about lthat, not initially but later on.. So when did you discover that?
I am well aware of how the other victim was treated from some of Gers friends in Co Clare and that’s not one bit acceptable, even if YD did accuse another person wrongly of having an affair with Ger.
A lesson for you, if a man can’t pay his own way and freeloads , it’s not good and you have to hold yourself responsible to that but Karen. I’m sorry but i don’t buy the vulnerable excuse for any man or woman. It’s all about common sense.

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@3:11 Fr Ger told me on March 27, 2021, that things were in an awful mess and someone who he described as “insane” was attacking him viciously. He never admitted to me that he had a sexual relationship with the other lady and he never told me that it went on for around six months. He never told me about the blog either; I discovered the blog later on. The other victim had good reason to suspect that GF was having an affair with another woman because she saw a message on Ger’s phone from another woman who Ger claimed was stalking him (sound familiar?). A comment was made on the blog last year from an anonymous person claiming that there was another woman who got dumped by Ger before Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately this source never sent Pat an email so we do not know who it is. What is known is that GF admitted to Pat that he had sexual encounters at Maynooth with laywomen (no pun intended). You are entitled to your opinion but I can say this much: emotionally vulnerable people are easy targets for manipulative people.

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July 30th Karan can i ask you politely about yur reply to 3.11 at 6/55pm on 30th – U say the other victim had good reason to suspect that GF was havin’ an affair with another woman because she saw a message on Ger’s phone from another woman. Can I get this straight, the other victim was YD. and I wonder who was the other woman who was stalking him at the same time? Just curious about who she was, any idea? Oh, one other thing why was YD looking at messages on GF’s phone? That’s all for now Karan.

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It’s so annoying – this was Robinson’s big outing and his day in the blog and we are hearing about Ger and Fintan and rawhide and all other permutations – can we keep it on point ?? My OCD so through the roof I may need to medicate 🙈🙈🙈🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

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At the start of the day, in a comment Pat chose not to publish (as is his right), I wondered how soon it would be until Ger was mentioned. It’s ridiculous.

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Sunday Mirror newspaper reporting 3 men jailed for role in online romance fraud where woman in her 60s lost her life savings exceeding €250,000

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Canon Todd Unctuous, may I suggest you, and we all, stop taking Karen’s bait. She makes Rebekkah Vardy seem pleasant. Please deprive her of the oxygen of publicity.

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@10:31 Deprive me of the oxygen of publicity? 🤣 You want to silence me do you? For the record: My name has appeared in The Irish Times, The Clare Champion, The Limerick Leader, The Times, The Times of Israel, The Daily Fail, The Telegraph and Fox News, just to name a few, and all for historical finds that I have made. I don’t need the blog in order to gain publicity 🥳. Your gobshite comment means zilch to me but I answer back as it is tit for tat here. You should really stop reading those tabloids but what else would you expect from a minion 🤣

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Never mind historical finds, Karen – try finding a soul within and stop being so bitter, or it will diminish you.

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12:26 Get out the violins! My soul belongs to Jesus. Bitter is how Fr Ger and the rest of the Gerbots feel because they are fighting a losing battle on the blog.

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Bergoglio is in lifelong terms ( his) one of the biggest cover-up merchants in the RCC. He would make Sean Brady look like Marie Collins ( as advocate for justice). He is so deceitful and duplicitous ….that is why he was “elected.” Most likely a few cardinals were blackmailed ( not for money…so the term is not properly used!!) by Murphy O’ Connor and Co.

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When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage,
it seemed like a dream.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter,
on our lips there were songs.
The heathens themselves said: ‘What marvels
the Lord worked for them!’
What marvels the Lord worked for us!
Indeed we were glad.
Deliver us, O Lord, from our bondage
as streams in dry land.
Those who are sowing in tears
will sing when they reap.
They go out, they go out, full of tears,
carrying seed for the sowing;
they come back, they come back, full of song,
carrying their sheaves.

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Why has he accepted and housed the mad, but mad Friars from Gosport, at the request of Bishop Philip Egan, Bishop of Portsmouth and the mad Nuns from Bridgemary also formally in Portsmouth Diocese?

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