You have turned my Fathers House into a den of thieves
MY LETTER TO GARDA APRIL 2022
Dear Chief Superintendent Xxxxx
I have been made aware that a serious crime has been committed in your divisional area.
A Father Pat Butler, a priest of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore is alleged to have stolen the sum of € 70,000 from diocesan funds.
The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Phonsie Cullinane has made a private arrangement with Father Butler to pay monies back at the rate of € 5,000 over a period of 14 years.
As the money was donated by the public of Waterford and Lismore this is a serious matter of public concern.
As a priest, who lived in and was ordained in Waterford, and having family members still residing in Waterford, I have a strong interest and involvement in that area and feel that because of my connection I am a person who can legitimately report this matter to the Gardai.
Father Butler still resides in the Waterford area.
Sincerely yours,
(Bishop) Patrick Buckley.
RESPONSE FROM GARDA NOVEMBER 2022
Dear Bishop Buckley
I previously spoke to you in late April/Early May in regard to the email which you sent as listed below. I have been liaising with the office of Bishop Cullinan over the last 6 months and neither Bishop Cullinan or his office have any criminal complaint to make. Without any firm evidence to indicate a criminal act we cannot pursue this matter any further. Many thanks for your initial correspondence and you taking my previous call.
Regards
Inspector Xxxxx Xxxx
PHONSIE REMOVED FR BUTLER’S NAME FROM DIOCESAN WEBSITE LIST OF PRIESTS!
QUOTE FROM WATERFORD PP
“If PB did nothing wrong, there are 2 questions to be asked.
- If he did nothing wrong, why is no longer listed as a priest of the diocese?
- Why isn’t he allowed to say Mass in public“?
PAT SAYS
Same old! Same old!
Sex and / or money.
What makes Phonsie think he is ABOVE civil and criminal law?
Phonsie told another Waterford priest that this hiding would never be found out!
It has been exposed.
And once again, Phonsie, you are exposed for the creature you are 🐍
BISHOP PAT BUCKLEY 
112 replies on “IS PHONSIE COVERING UP THE MISSING € 70,000!”
Pat, have you tried raising a concern with the Charities Regulator?
https://www.charitiesregulator.ie/en/information-for-the-public/raise-a-concern
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Pat, your letter uses the word “alleged”. Who alleged? The Gardai received no complaint of any crime. Remember, you only spent about 3/4 years in Waterford. You’re not the most remembered or famous export. By your own imagining you think you donated millions to the city of Waterford. You haven’t a dot of interest in the city except to seek once again to incite hatred against your arch nemesis, The Bishop of the city. Sadly Pat, you have made all clerics to be your enemies. We love you to bits! Are you able to confirm definitively the alleged theft? If so, you should go back to The Gardai. Your recall from “priests” us a touch of “he said”, “she said” about it!! Can your priest informers enlighten us?
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10.48
Are you for real, ‘Father’? ‘No complaint made’ does not necessarily translate as ‘no crime commited’.
If this crime took place, then Phonsie is engaged in a (criminal?) cover-up, something for which romanist bishops worldwide have been named and shamed.
Be on your guard, Phonsie! If the truth in this matter hasn’t already come out, it will, in time.
Tick, tock… 😎
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11.58
And who covered up your departure from seminary, dear MC?
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Mr Butler, from the look of him, may not live long enough to repay the money he allegedly stole from the Sheep. Very convenient.
How did Phonsie handle the police inquiry? I wonder. Did he deny that a theft took place? Or did he simply reply that he had no complaint to make?
If a theft did take place, then did Phonsie lie to the police.😕
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@ 11:06am
I agree that Butler does not look like he’ll be here long enough to pay back this huge sum of money. What I’d like to know is why did an individual priest have access to Diocesan funds without any check in the first place. The blame of course is that this useless bishop hasn’t a clue how to run his Diocese. He should have reported this theft to The Guards immediately.
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@10:05
Bela, the same thought crossed my mind. Who has access to Diocesan funds?
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10:05 This contradicts what the clergy always say when people refer to cash gifts, etc, that there are too many checks in place now for this to happen.
Hands up everyone who’s not surprised that those checks are a lie.
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10.59
That’s not Bela at 10.05. There are hardly any literary pecadillos. It’s too well written to be Bela, Jim S., Nettie, or Hattie!!
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@10.59 am
How do you know 10.05 am is Bela?
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11..06
Perhaps it was a case of ‘mental reservation’ on Cullinan’s part.
I hear that Catholic bishops are well schooled in this dark, misleading art.
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@ 6:59pm
Wrong you cretin, it was me, there are two ‘L’s’ in Bella and Netty is spelled with a ‘Y’ not ‘IE’. That was a quick return from Gran Canaria.🤣🤣🤣
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@ 9:00pm
Because Patsy knows everything.😏
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10.09
There’s only one L in the Dracula Bela Lugosi.
I’ve never been to the Canaries and am enjoying the very cold weather here in Ireland.
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The truth always comes out in the end. Let this be a lesson for Bishop Monahan. Well done Bishop Pat and thank you to the Waterford PP whistleblower.
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Ahh….no……while chips.. battered sausages…. and the obligatory fizzy drink…….are equally…..extremely…. popular in Killaloe…and…Waterford Dioceses….why mention Lugs….
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9:50 Why should I not mention Lugs, unless of course you work for him. He’s got a few skeletons rattling around in his wardrobe. Pity Bishop Buckley doesn’t allow me to say more.
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2:48
Ahh…no…. I’m a friend…. not a foe…. the Killaloe excrement is on the way…be patient…. Bishop Pat is an old hand at dealing with priestly shenanigans.…trust his judgement….70K could buy a superior chip van….
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Legally if your own money were taken from you and you didn’t want to press charges law enforcement wouldn’t do anything unless it was perceived to be in the public interest.
BUT
It’s not Phonsie’s own money if money has been taken from the diocese because it’s a charity so it SHOULD be in the public interest.
Have you tried taking this to the Garda ombudsman?
https://www.gardaombudsman.ie/make-a-complaint/submit-a-complaint/
The Irish charity regulator says that theft or embezzlement from a charity are a matter for an Garda but also says they want to be informed.
https://www.charitiesregulator.ie/en/information-for-the-public/raise-a-concern
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Bóthar got their former CEO’s assets frozen after he stole from them. That’s how a charity should react.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/charity-bothar-claims-ex-ceo-misappropriated-465-000-in-donations-1.4532356
Yet another reason why the church shouldn’t be a charity: if they behave like a private business let them be one and be taxed accordingly.
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Both Phonsie’s “private arrangement” (to repay apparently misappropriated monies), and Daly’s offer to +Pat (£50k pa ×5), seems typically common of RCC’s bishops unfettered liberty in the use of church funds just as they see fit with little if any consideration as to its propriety. What consultation, if any, and with whom, takes place in such matters?
It makes one wonder what other financially significant deals bishops make about using funds contributed by the 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
The financing of bishop Treanor’s exclusive, and expensive mansion springs to mind. The blog has also recently referenced the sale of church owned properties and land in the Dublin diocese.
It’s obvious that declining financial contributions from the laity together with diminishing religious observance will necessitate more ‘sell-offs’ of RCC assets. What steps are necessary to ensure proper use and distribution of such assets which, in first place, were paid for by the……….🐑🐑🐑
MMM
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It beggars belief on the occasions when the sheep express an opinion that the church is theirs in any way, especially buildings and valuables that they’ve donated to.
Legally they all belong to the legal entity, which is usually the diocese.
They’ve handed over their money to a scam aimed at a comfortable life and getting away with as much as they can for the bishops.
Baaaaaa!
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Well they didn’t get a penny puece from you or MMM.
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12:22 Of course not. I practice what I preach, unlike the ‘celibate’ clergy.
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Sounds like one of the cathbots @12:22 has finally made a correct comment. Very discerning, and highly unusual.
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12:22 I love the days you comment on here and show what you and the cult are about.
Keep doing it, please, because distraction and derailment bring attention back to you.
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As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled on the way, or your adversary may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
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Why did Bishop Cullinan allow Dom Richard Purcell continue public ministry when Purcell was causing grave scandal to faithful catholics
of Waterford and Lismore and further afield? Surely such inaction was
a serious failure in spiritual fatherhood to faithful catholics by Bishop Cullinan.
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So it took the Police over 6 months of liaising with Cullinan to discover Cullinan, or ‘his office,’ have no criminal complaint to make. Is this two fingered piddle taking! Any other alleged arrangements in place in W&L with MIAs? Are there any coverups to be uncovered in W&L- most likely. The question is, how many?
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The Waterford Gardaí, are not known to be very corrupt, lazy, unprofessional etc, amongst the public and others guards up the country.
Phonsie will laugh at them for many reasons I’d say.
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Any chance of a loan from diocesean funds to tide me over the Christmas
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You need to be more prudent during the year, Molly, and get a better job or spend less. Live simply so that others may simply live. I worked hard at school and got a good job, I save a lot, pay into two pensions and never get into debt. I recommend these simple strategies.
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Thanks for your suggestions.I have no choice but to live simply on an adult disability payment. It is a pity priests don’t behave or cut their cloth to suit their means. I recommend doing so to avoid appearing on this blog.
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https://bishoppatbuckley.blog/2022/04/25/did-phonsie-cullinan-cover-up-for-a-priest-who-stole-e-70000-from-his-diocese-of-waterford-and-lismore/
Link to April 25th 2022 blog on 70,000 Waterford Diocese.
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2.05:: Molly dear, come over here, I’ll tell you something…You’re a raving mad wan…stoo telling lies….Go to Larne…where you’ll get what you’re looking for…Go on, go, on, go in Molser….
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Numpty you sound very unwell. Mind yourself. I am not telling lies.
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70000 is a lot of cash What’s the back story and does the incident impact current service delivery and wellbeing
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LOL I doubt they’ve had to dip into their huge reserves.
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Backstory, my arse!
This caca impacted my well being.
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9:34pm No doubt €70,000 will have paid for clerical shenanigans & won’t be refunded to the parish. Bishop Phonsie won’t report his clergymen for theft, they all have too much dirt on each other. birds of a feather flock together. Paedophile protector mentality.
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When will the report of the Commission of Public Inquiry Investigation into the role of Fianna Fáil, An Garda Síochána, the former South-Eastern Health Board (HSE) and the Catholic Church, in Bill Kenneally sexual abuse case in Waterford be published? Kenneally, a member of a political family from Waterford, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in February 2016 after pleading guilty to 10 sample counts of indecently assaulting 10 boys between October 1984 and December 1987. The Commission of Investigation known as the Hickson Inquiry formally commenced on 1 November 2018.
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In the coming months I hear. Heads are going to roll within Waterford Gardaí for definite, not sure about others.
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This all reminds me of what that alleged kiddy fiddler, Bishop Eamon Casey, did with diocesan funds to pay off his mistress, Annie Murphy.
You complained to the Irish police on this occasion, too, Pat, but they pressed no charges against that ‘good’ bishop either.
Who says the ROI is a secular country? 🤣
Who is the real commissioner of An Garda Síochána? Drew Harris, or the RCC bishops? 🤔
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The Minister for Justice is.
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Pat, can your sources for this information not report it to the police themselves? If they have evidence of such a serious crime, shouldn’t they bring it forward in the public interest?
If these sources are priests, I am not impressed by their lack of courage, any more than I was the lack of courage shown by priests who failed to report to police evidence they had of child rape by other priests.
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Exactly. They protect themselves and expect Pat Buckley to do for them what any responsible adult should do themselves.
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They are probably in fear of their lives .Remember robert nugent tried to investigate the case in roscrea of suspected suicide and had to stop the investigation because of threats to his family. What are they like ?
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2:26
It was a suicide in St. Patricks Seminary , Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
See: https://bishoppatbuckley.blog/2022/02/10/st-patricks-seminary-thurles-hell-on-earth-cmoc-report-must-be-publushed/
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2.26
In fear for their lives? Don’t be melodramatic, ‘Father’. And don’t try to paint priests as heroically selfless risk-takers. More likely than not, Pat’s priestly source fears losing his livelihood, not his life, by going public with his evidence, whatever it is.
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2:26 They’re in fear of their perks, in case the bishop finds out they’ve leaked and moves them to St Brassic in Beyond.
That’s why they make threatening comments here saying they know who priest informers are.
The ‘Catholic’ church is a criminal organization and behaves like one.
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2.26: The threats to Ribert wete made, 7f made at all, by bullies on this blog who despise the Catholic Church and the Catholuc Faith. Robert Nugent has a knack of inviting attacks in himself. Some of his claims and preaching are smug, judgmental and arrogant. This blog is inhabited by bullies and haters.
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7.58
Gee us yer dinner money, or else.😠
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Catholic priests and the term courage seldom go hand in hand !!
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NO LONGER SECRET -OVER 300 SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS OF UPPER-CLASS CATHOLIC SCHOOL SPEAK OUT
Blackrock College and the Spiritan priests sexual abuse accusations bring Ireland’s Catholic Church to be further exposed, now among the upper classes.
DUBLIN (IRELAND)
IrishCentral [New York NY]
Irish Voice Editorial
Dec 15, 2022.
“The latest chapter in Ireland’s seemingly perpetual crisis of child abuse in religious institutions is now being written. We have cycled through abuse in orphanages, industrial schools and Magdalene Laundries, only to now contend with abuse at literally the highest order of all. The name Blackrock College reeks of privilege and upper-class mores. The South Dublin institution was as close to the equivalent of the playing fields of Eton as you could get. Among its alumni are Eamon de Valera, founder of the 26-county Irish state who ruled over Ireland for decades, and Archbishop John Charles McQuade, who almost single-handedly imposed his puritanical control over the Irish church for decades.
Surely, there could be no whiff of pedophile activity in such an established school. Think again, sadly. Thanks to…”
https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/blackrock-college-sexual-abuse
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https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/former-grimsby-minister-terry-atkinson-7934928
A retired Anglican priest has been found guilty of abusing boys. His pension was supplemented by officiating at many funerals.
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Still bitter you appeared on this blog? Get over it.
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You can’t expect them to be holy, they’re not the Catholic church founded by Christ according to your cult. Remember? 😂
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Not like this one.
https://anglicanjournal.com/diocese-says-it-supports-sex-abuse-trial-of-ex-priest/amp/
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1:33 Keep going, that’s right. 😂
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Off topic: Graphic video circulating on Arab Twitter of attack on Irish soldiers/UN forces in Lebanon. Hezbollah are the terrorists that murdered and maimed the Irish soldiers. Fuck off all you cunts you support Hamas and their so called resistance. Hamas & Hezbollah are allies. Irish gov’t money is being funnelled into Ham-Ass’ blood stained hands to buy weapons and rockets. About time you all fucking copped on. Rant over.
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(1) Hamas and Hezbollah are not allies. Literally the only thing they have in common is they are anti Israel.
(2) Hamas are Sunni and focused entirely on Palestine. Hezbollah are Shia, an Iranian proxy and devoted to destabilization and control of Lebanon for the greater Persian empire. Both want to destroy Israel but for very different reasons.
(3) You have an absolute cheek coming on here using the death of an Irish soldier to legitimize Israel. A brass American neck full of utter ignorance. You arent even Irish, cop on with the faux outrage. The whole reason our troops are in Lebanon is BECAUSE of Israel and Israel have caused far more Irish deaths there than either the Arabs or the Iranians.
If anyone has any doubts about Israel please watch ‘Fadia’s Tree’ on Netflix. Your eyes will be opened.
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You support terrorists and mullahs who execute homosexuals, women, journalists and anyone else who disagrees with their Sharia law. F off. ‘‘Supplied by Tehran, Hamas has used the rockets and funding to launch several wars against Israel from its base in Gaza, including in 2008, 2009, 2014, and 2021, that each saw thousands of rockets fired toward Israeli cities and towns, resulting in dozens of civilian deaths. Hamas has also used Iranian know-how to help build its extensive network of “terror tunnels” throughout the Gaza Strip and underneath the Israel-Gaza border to carry out terror attacks.’
https://www.ajc.org/news/hezbollah-hamas-and-more-irans-terror-network-around-the-globe
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You are a racist Benedict Todd. How do you know that I am not an Irish citizen? At least I live here and pay taxes. According to your own words, you don’t even live in Ireland.
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Hezbollah and Hamas not allies eh?https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/9/25/hamas-restoration-of-ties-with-syria-maintains-interests
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@6.49
(1) Please provide links to Hamas murder of gays.
(2) Hamas get ammo and intel from Hezbollah? Power to them. Its their country they are fighting to regain which was stolen from them in 1947. They need all the help they can get. While none of us are Iranian fans Hezbollah remain the only armed force in history to stop Israel in the last war. For this they have the grudging respect of all Arabs.
(3) The last journalist murdered was Shireen Akleh, killed by IDF scum, the same knackers who use tramps posing on tanks for Instagram likes. Do you deny this murder??
(4) I live abroad and my money goes home, spent in Ireland. In your own words you havent an arse to your trousers and are receiving state benefits, in spite of living in a plantation house. I daresay both my current and past contribution to the taxman is higher than yours.
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9:23
1. It is illegal in Gaza to be gay. It is a crime punishable by death. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/hamas-commander-accused-of-gay-sex-is-killed-by-his-own-1.2555822
2. You call IDF soldiers scum and tramps. I’ll make sure to pass on your gormless comment to my daughter who is doing her national conscription service in the IDF.
3. I come from a military family of Colonels, Green Berets, and Commanders. Freedom is not free and my outrage about the Irish soldier’s death was very much real.
4. In regards to taxes, I’ll give you a few hints and maybe then you will cop on: trust fund, death taxes, legal fees, government duties, property taxes, etc.
5. My plantation house is so cosy this time of year. 10 degrees in the big hall last night.
6. Did you watch the RTE series the other night about the Irish Civil War? So much murder and mayhem….Which side were your family on Canon? Free State or Anti Treaty? Seeing as you live abroad, you can watch it on the RTE player. Historical documentaries are so much better than fictionalised drama on Netflix.
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12.33
You used to post under your own name here. Why have you discontinued? Is it because your comments wouldn’t be taken seriously?
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11:42
I wake-up in the morning, and I wonder
Why everything’s the same as it was
I can’t understand, no, I can’t understand
How life goes on the way it does.
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If you can’t tell that the Catholic™️ church is a scam by now, congratulations. You’re the mark.
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Another recent case.
https://religionnews.com/2022/12/15/mark-rivera-a-former-anglican-lay-pastor-found-guilty-of-felony-child-sexual-assault/
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I looove the way the cathbots get all annoyed when money comes up, and showing that they think embezzlement is normal, like they think kiddy fiddling is normal, because they’re always so keen to make out it’s widespread.
The only people who do this are embezzlers and kiddy fiddlers.
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3:17
They also seem to think covering up abuse corruption and crime while protecting criminals is normal.
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3:54 Yes because it is for them!
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To those that use the user name Anonymous in today’s postings, Pat Butler is not as old as he looks in the photo. He is at most in his early to mid 60’s so it is safe to assume that he will live another 30 years or so.
Pat you ask why Pat Butler is not saying mass in public. You are wrong to assume this. Pat Butler while he does not have a parish since he was removed from his last parish as Parish Priest (Aglish-Ballinameela-Mount Stuart) a parish between Cappoquin, and Youghal, he has filled in for a number of priests who were not available to fulfill their priestly duties due to illness, holidays etc.
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Pat Butler is not allowed to say public masses. He can concelebrate, say funeral prayers etc. He says mass for the nuns in Glencairn, as he’s living nearby, in Tallow.
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For what reasons are priests not permitted to celebrate public masses?
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Ah, the old recourse used with any priest who wasn’t trusted in a parish for any reason: inflict them on nuns.
This is the real reason convents have bars: to keep the chaplain a safe distance away.
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Pat, as I have stated before I wish, wish, wish, you had a laugh icon which I could use, I really chuckled this am. When I read; “Father Butler to pay monies back at the rate of € 5,000 over a period of 14 years”.
God love him, he looks as if he is about 80 now! Which means he will be 94, when eventually he pays back what he “borrowed” I certainly wouldn’t place my bets on him surviving, but who knows.
I bet he’s the one unfortunate priest to be caught with his hand in the biscuit tin, I think it probably happens a lot more often, than we will ever know. A little bit here and there soon mounts up over 50-60 years.
There are many reasons why people steal, being inadequately paid for services rendered is high on the list, especially if your superior is living in the lap of luxury at your expense.
I wonder if he likes a flutter on the gigi’s?
Don’t tell me he’s being blackmailed!
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Pat, is Conor McCarthy bringing down Daisy Chain?
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You’ve definitely hit a nerve somewhere Pat, you can tell by the way one of your previous targets is making stupid comments about Anglicans. 😱
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Mind you the Anglicans do it with aplomb. No piddling 70,000 euros – but £5,000,000!
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/church-official-admits-ps5-million-fraud-on-diocese-of-london-b1032738.html
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If you’re going to risk prison for fraud it might as well be for a big amount.
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The informed Catholic conscience on full display at 4:46.
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4:46 RCC criminals only interested in the big bucks. They are not monkeys, so not interested in peanuts.
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12:22 I’m a practicing Catholic and have given nothing for years, simply because I can’t afford to. I actually practice the faith and so have fifteen children by my late husband (the youngest is three) and I suggest you reflect on your unkind words and expectations. My own parish priest has been fantastic and always tells me he will pray for me.
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Sure you don’t have a parish priest anymore since he retired.
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Anon@ 3:30: …but does his “prayers” put any food on the table for your 15 children? Does he help out financially, with no strings attached? I’ll bet he can well afford to, but does he?
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No, Canice, and times are tough.
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7.13::: As if you believe madame at 3.30!! 15 chikdren…Pull the other leg, miss! Canny Canice, FYI, this week alone I have given about 300€ to callers at my door…It’s crazy!! Next week the same or more will be expected. What are we to do?
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7:50 But that €300 was you returning payment to punters dissatisfied with your daughter, wasn’t it, madam?
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@7:50.
Isn’t it grand for you Fatherrrr that you can hand out €300. I think I can reasonably assume it won’t leave you impoverished and worrying about your ability to maintain your own lifestyle?
It’s fine that on your own personal level you might do your best to meet specific needs. But the reality is that you thought of, and identified as part of a self serving rapacious organisation, AKA the RCC
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How did your sidekicks court case go today?
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Most dioceses have sage accounting system on the parish computers and therefore the Diocesan Finance team can access parish accounts daily.
Most parishes have direct debits set up with the Lay Faithful and donors with all cash paid in to the banks on a Monday.
This needs further investigation and the Bishop should be informed of the Inspector’s reply and Bishop Pat should refer it to the Charity Commission also to Revenue to investigate the Diocesan accounts.
Also report it to the Charge d’affairs Right Reverend Monsignor Julien Kaboré at the Nunctiture na.ireland@diplomat.va or nuncioirl@eircom.net
For due diligence the Bishop must be informed by the complainant.
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Absolutely howling. Why would you need to tell the bishop about the inspector’s reply when the inspector has only said the bishop has no criminal complaint. 😂
Remember, folks, when cult brainwashing hits reality it can’t cope with the cognitive dissonance and resorts to this sort of thing.
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Fr Brian D’Arcy is on now on tbe Today Show, RTE One., what codswallop. He jumped on the band wagon that Jesus was A refugee. Holy Family in A foreign land looking for refuge etc . Also he sneeringly said To Daithi,” if you read my book you would know the answer to that question”. Ha ha.
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D’Arcy will jump on any bandwagon going. It’s refugees now, in the next few days it will be the Irish peacekeepers. He’s already done the loneliness of being a priest (yeah ?!), and expressed his feeling for the LGBTQ+ and transgender communities. He just picks up on whatever he thinks will get him noticed. Actually, I agree with him on most of these issues. I just wish he’d give us a break from his faux, twee, saccharine shite, and take himself back off to his monastery and stay quiet and say his prayers. There is such a thing as overexposure. And it becomes wearing. I think he’s done his bit and deserves to withdraw in to genteel retirement. For all our sakes….
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Did he express sorrow at not being allowed to marry? 🤣
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Jesus was not a “refugee” in any sense meaningful to today’s world. For one thing, Jesus’ family never left the Roman Empire; they simply fled from one region of Roman territory to another Roman territory. That would be like someone moving legally from one state to another within the USA to leave the jurisdiction of the governor of the first state. Also, Luke makes it clear that Joseph and Mary went out of their way to follow Roman law in adhering to the census (Luke 2:1–5). Everything they did was legal.
Jesus and His family moved to Egypt in order to escape King Herod’s murderous intentions, but they had a plan, and they had supplies and support. Their trip was entirely self-funded, due to the gifts of the magi. And their sojourn in Egypt was short. The family remained there until the death of Herod, at which time they returned home (Matthew 2:19–21). Given these details, there’s no real parallel to the modern, indigent refugee who asks permission to enter a new country to avoid some calamity.
There is some truth to the idea that Jesus was a persecuted and poor man, and so we need to consider how we treat those who are displaced and impoverished. However, in the interest of accuracy, Jesus was not what one would consider a “refugee,” either then or now.
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Has Larne?
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Don’t deflect.
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Legend, not history.
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Would those repeat commenters get over their obsession with Fr. Brian. You’re all behaving like children. Grow up.
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I agree. There seems to be a lot of jealousy. If he is providing a pastoral service to celebrities, what is the problem JEALOUSLY.
Jealousy will get these moaners nowhere!!!
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The Graan could be turned into a refugee centre, as happened with the Patrician house in Newbridge. Let Darcy put his money where his mouth is.
https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2022/0630/1307705-monastery-kildare/
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What did he spend the money on, Bp Pat? Do we know?
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????
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Another Bishop Casey scenario or a string of rent boys!
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@ 8:02pm
It was probably another showy car, as we all know the bold D’Arcy would go to the opening of an envelope anything for publicity. He is the attention seeker of all time.
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Is there anything going on that would cause greater scandal than a priest stealing? Such a a priest stealing to… feed an addiction to gambling/drink/drugs/prostitutes… or education of his child?
I am not saying Mr Butler did any of the above, merely that sometimes the cover up is greater than first it seems.
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Very wise, goat.
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Bishop Phonsie knows what Fr Pat Butler spent €70,000 church donations on.
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Christmas Party Season has commenced. Watch this space.
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