JOHN PAUL LYTTLE originated on the Isle of Wight / Guernsey but had Belfast family.
For whatever reason, he moves to Belfast to live with his granny in Whitehouse, Belfast.
He entered the seminary in Belfast to be a priest for Down and Connor diocese.
In the Belfast, he went out at night to the gay cruising areas to get “action.” This was well known to his fellow seminarians.
At some stage, the PP of Whitehouse – the convicted Fr James Donaghy – where his granny lived got him drunk and ttued to sexually seduce him.
He says he repelled Donaghy and thought it was terrible that Donaghy got him drunk and tried to seduce him.
Soon afterwards, JPL left Belfast and ended up in Oscott Seminary. He also appears to have time in Wonersh and Allen Hall ?
At this time, he had been accepted by Bishop Crispin Hollis as a seminarian for Portsmouth.
In Oscott, he ended up in the bed of the seminary rector.
Hollis dismissed him from Oscott. The seminary rector was “reassigned”.
He spent some time with the Capuchins in Donegal and Africa and with another religious order.
He reappeared in London in the home of Fr Ray Lyons, who had been suspended and reinstated and was acting as a school chaplain.
One evening, he came home with some young men from a gay bar. They were drinking on the upper floor of the house, and JPL fell from the window and suffered life-threatening head injuries.
The three young men in his company were not charged with any crime.
JPL remained seriously ill in the hospital, and it was feared he would not survive.
As it happened, he had a miraculous or semi miraculous recovery, surprising all the medics.
He next appeared as a volunteer minister to the marginalised on the Portsmout diocesan website and wearing a clerical collar.
Then, out of the blue, Bishop Egan ordained him hurriedly and on a week day.
We next see him turning up in a Reading Parish where he was assistant priest and hospital chaplain.
It was in Reading that he invited a young policeman to the parochial house for dinner. The PP was away for the night. He plied the young man with alcohol and tried to seduce him. He had told the young man that he watched gay porn, was always horny and masturbated a lot.
The young man fled the house and reported the incident to the police and Bishop Egan.
The young man remains completely dissatisfied with Egan and the diocesan safeguarding.
JPL was on the move again.
He was saying that he was conducting research for Bishop Egan.
Eventually, Egan arranges for him to live in a church house in Fareham. Portsmouth in the parish controlled by Canon John Cooke.
JPL is drinking in a local pub from 1.30 pm daily.
In the pub, he meets a young part-time barman and his long-term girlfriend.
JPL invites the young barman for dinner and drinks.
After dinner, a gramme of cocaine is produced, and JPL and the barman share it in a room with a prominent crucifix on the wall.
JPL then tries to seduce the barman. The barman refused his advances and leaves very hurt and angry.
The barman contacts me, and I inform Egan, safeguarding abd Canon Cooke in Fareham.
QUESTIONS ARISING
1. Why has Bishop Egan continued to let JPL live in diocesan properties that he uses for drinking, drug taking, and attempted sexual assault?
2. Has Egan referred JPL for detox and rehabilitation?
3. Does Egan not realise he made a massive mistake in ordaining JPL and that he should be laicised?
4. Is Egan or other clerics compromised by JPL either by being involved with him or JPL having the dirt on them?
5. Does Egan and Cooke not realise that if JPL harms anyone after they have been made aware of everything, they leave themselves open to serious litigation?
6. Is Egan and others going to allow this to continue until someone, either JPL or another, is seriously injured or killed?
BISHOP PAT BUCKLEY 
147 replies on “DAY 2 – JPL THE TIME LINE.”
FROM LAST NIGHT
Anonymous
Most MIA and c/o are being assisted by bishops/dioceses, it would seem. This is mostly because of the medieval feudal relationship that exists between bishop and priest, and enshrined in Canon Law. It is exacerbated by the personal economy of priests who are almost totally reliant on the bishop / diocese / parish which means that a priest rarely has any financial autonomy / independence. The result is that priests who are out of ministry for a reason which makes them MIA or c/o or suspended will be financially and materially dependent on the bishop / diocese for many years. In any other walk of life, this would not be the case. Once a matter is resolved, the person concerned is let go and does not remain with connections to the institution / organisation. The arrangement between bishop / diocese and MIA and c/o is not healthy for either party. It perpetuates a dependence on the part of priests and continues almost indefinitely the liability of the bishop / diocese. Even when a priest has been imprisoned and laicised, you will find that continuing support is given to that priest by a bishop / diocese. This is crazy, but is camouflaged by a narrative of Christian charity. My view is that, firstly, the personal economy of priests should be made clearer and more concrete, for example by the payment of salary and pension rights, then they would have an autonomy that would enable them to move on. Secondly, for the sake of all concerned in these matters cutting the ties should be brought about as soon as possible so that there is clarity in the relationship, or it is clear that the relationship has come to an end. Of course, for a bishop and diocese this would be expensive and it would loosen the ties between bishop and priest and give priests more independence and autonomy, which is not something a bishop used to those things and to control of his priests would want. In essence, it would mean that a priest who is MIA or c/o and is inactive in ministry, should be let go, and their upkeep moved to the arena where millions of other citizens exist already, accessing social housing, State pension (where applicable), Universal Credit etc, and even the labour of their own hands where they are healthy enough to do so. Life would not be luxurious, but they would be independent, and their situation would be clear. It helps nobody that things are kept opaque and vague, with no consistency, and with nobody really knowing what is happening to a priest who is ministerially inactive because of being MIA or c/o. Harsh, I know, but necessary for the sake of all.
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I can’t disagree with the infantilisation of people in this fairy tale world, but I note that you mainly phrase the problem as being between the bishop and the diocese and fail to pay attention to the duty of both to the greater society. No surprises there.
Therefore I disagree with your solution and in fact think that when a cleric is convicted of sexual assault, rape, etc, the church should be forced to support him for the rest of his life, and pay any costs of incarceration and therapy for both the cleric and his victims.
That would finally stop the church ordaining kiddy fiddlers, flashers, public wankers and so on.
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…and do banks or companies do similar for people who are convicted or fraud; or schools for teachers who are sacked for inappropriate behaviour or bus companies when one of their drivers runs somebody over ? Do tell ! What needs to happen is for the Church to cut ties with those who are no longer ministerially active, imprisoned, MIA, c/o, whatever. Why should we keep paying for people for decades who could look after themselves, or work, or access public help ? Again, do tell…..
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11:29 No of course not. But when appointed to work in a bank you’re not given a vocation by the creator of everything.
The other difference is that banks report their employees’ crimes to law enforcement.
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A dog is for life, not just for Christmas. If you ordain someone as a priest, and they develop problems, do you just cut them off, cast them aside, and leave them to their own to cope? My dog started chewing remote controls the carpets, and I was at my wit’s end, but I didn’t give up on him. I got help to train him. Surely, the Christian response is to help rather than leave someone else to deal with the problem.
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And if your dog refused to take help and training…..?
And there’s a bit of a difference between a man and a dog 😀
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If he refused and didn’t improve and I could not cope then he would have to go here. “You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” The Little Prince.https://www.lastchanceanimalrescue.co.uk/
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11:25 If my dog refused to be trained I would immediately change his name to Benedict and address him as father.
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1142 – please spare us the vocation narrative ! We’ve had enough of that nonsense over the years, which perpetuates the myth that priests are so special and unaccountable, or only accountable to their vocation giving creator ! And look where that has got us with their behaviour. Yes, I agree the Church should have and should now be making sure that people it ordains are sane and sound and not criminal. But when they prove to be they should be moved on, pronto !
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I’ll spare you the vocation narrative when the church does. 😂
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@10.13
Well said. As a legal knock on we need to firmly establish for revenue if a priest is an employee or self employed…. because no other self employed person submits so much control over to another person
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John Paul is disabled Pat. He doesn’t have the capacity to know what he is doing and that’s why he try’s it on with straight men as he can not read situations due to his disability
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What disability are you referring to?
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Dysfunctional Gaydar…..
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He may be a sex addict.
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He has a brain injury and therefore his cognitive state of mind is not the average human beings. That’s why he has a minder, he will probably need one for life
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Who is his minder?
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Let’s assume for a moment that he is actually brain damaged and in need of 24 hour care (which I don’t think for an instant he is, it’s just the usual church gaslighting)…
The next natural question is what sort of person would publish this information online, which would have to be without his consent?
When you have the answer to this question you know exactly what RCs are like really.
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11:54 Frank
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I read about it Bp Pat, someone who is addicted to gay sex, meaning they physically and mentally cannot go a certain amount of time without it. Usually results in having sex with someone they normally wouldn’t, a bishop, for example, or some other old wino, simply because they need a fix.
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John Paul is same as the rest of his John Paul’s, sick and twisted.
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10:50 Nonsense, all clergy have to pass stringent physical and psychological assessment before they are let loose on the public same as any other professional in the policing service etc. You are making excuses for Fr John Paul Little, he knows exactly what he’s doing and so do you.
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11:20.(This comment is tongue in cheek) Be fair, after a few clergy psychological assessments, the assessor would begin to lose touch with reality and start thinking that psychopathy is perfectly normal. 😜
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I love the way the cathbots misuse health jargon to try to make priests out to be without responsibility.
For the record the law in England is that you assume anyone above the age of sixteen DOES have mental capacity unless there is some reason to think they don’t and then their capacity gets assessed. It is spectacularly unlikely that someone lacking in mental capacity would get as far as ordination or be working on research for the bishop.
Incidentally claiming that you’re not responsible for your own actions is never a good sign because the people who genuinely aren’t responsible for their own actions don’t tend to say that.
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Mental capacity is decision specific. Sometimes a person can be so caught in their addiction that they do not have the freedom to make the correct decision. It’s not a defence in law, nor does it absolve you of responsibility for your actions.
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12:06 So why bring it up? 😂
And once again we have some internet ‘expert’ ‘diagnosing’ a mental disorder, namely an addiction, on here.
It is the height of foolishness to do so, but you still have mental capacity, even though you’re an idiot. It doesn’t give you a learning disability. 😁
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10:50 Fr John Paul Lyttle is being exploited by the Roman Catholic Church if they are are not making reasonable accommodations for his disability. They are also endangering those members of public that he comes in contact with In his role with RCC. Perhaps if they stick him in the office, he can join the rest of them surfing the internet, stalking & circulating info on local talent etc., on Grinder with the rest of the MIAs, who never really break away from their Bishops blood bank.
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I think it is very likely that JPL is, at this stage, addicted to alcohol, drugs and sex.
Addictions are often the symptom of a deeper issue.
He certainly needs help and people need to protected from him while he us “unwell”.
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Pat at 12:42 and a safeguarding needs to go in to social care to protect him from people blaring his private medical information all over the internet.
…IF any of it is true.
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12:42 yet another example of the various categories of deliberate endangerment that church management orchestrate in order to protect their own self interests.
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12.38 pm. I have made no diagnosis. I am, however, a solicitor who advises vulnerable clients and has a thorough knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act. To call other people, idiots says more about you.
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1:27 No, dear, or should I say ‘father’, you’ve given him a diagnosis. You’re not a solicitor. They are careful about what they say.
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2.04 pm. Do you want my SRA ID? To know how many years of PQE I have or where I completed my LPC? Perhaps you need my STEP membership number, too, as proof? However, you clearly have no compassion or understanding, and I hope someone offers you help rather than condemnation when you fall into difficult times. Which saint said a spoonful of honey wins more souls to Christ than a jarful of vinegar? In fact, you remind me of that rather nasty prison officer from Prisoner Cell Block H – what was her name again? VInegar T…..
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2:13 Yes, please.
You won’t supply them of course because in reality importuning men in public lavatories doesn’t make you a solicitor.
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@12.42 pm. Bishop Pat
I think you have made an excellent risk assessment in relation to the potential harm to himself and to others.
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1:27 Do you receive much business from families who discover that their elderly deceased relatives have had undue influence exerted and leave substantially inappropriate amounts of their Estate to clergy?
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10:50 And did he give you permission to publish his private information online?
According to you he lacks capacity so wouldn’t be able to.
Which means you’re abusing him.
This is the church of Rome for you, folks.
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1:02 that’s what the Roman Catholic Church do with private information. They only adhere to their own Canon Laws. You have to hand it to them, they’ve made trillions over the centuries becoming one of the richest institutions in the world on the back of peddling a God they clearly don’t obey themselves but try to instil fear of what will happen to the sheep if they don’t pay up, put up and shut up and even put out if they are seriously indoctrinated into the RCC cult.
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10:50 When Fr John Paul Lyttle seriously injures someone or worse in an unwanted sexual advance, no doubt the police, the jury and the victims family will be subjected to the long winded twisted lies from a well paid upper class barrister pleading all manner of fake excuses on behalf of Fr Lyttle ranging from him coming from a “troubled family”, “being a very “popular” member of the community”, “things like that don’t happen in our community”,, “a swiftly sought medical diagnosis for trial purposes”……. And to hell with the victims and their families who have to live with the lifelong consequences of Roman Catholic Church related avoidable negligence and their armies of “do goodies” will busy themselves lying and circulating slander about the victim and their families. The usual Mafia modus operandi
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It’s a plea in mitigation and has been part of the justice system since the 17th C.
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1:39 yes, it keeps happening, the Roman Catholic Church is nothing more than a thugs paradise & a haven for all manner of crime, corruption & wrong doing now. It’s had its day.
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I have just been made aware of this blog by some friends of mine. I’m baffled by the comment made today at 1:39 by Ms. Blind mans Bluff. It’s some bluff alright. I will let you discover for yourself madame where you have gone wrong. I’m pretty sure others who read this blog will agree with me. All guff and bluff.
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‘I’m pretty sure others who read this blog will agree with me.’
Of course they’ll agree with you, they’ve all been egging you on to post that comment!
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What time is Noel’s party kicking off?
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3 pm tomorrow.
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Shame about Flannery
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2:18 It has served the Church well to date.
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2.58 What makes you think ‘Blind mans bluff’ commentator is a ‘Ms.’? Just curious.
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10:50 Unresolved childhood issues frequently seen in older people who were packed off to boarding schools as childhood, the rest of society pay the consequences for the fallout & the church enjoy the school fees as spoils.
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Noted that male church representative @ 2:58pm is assuming that 1:39 is female. The RCC seriously is the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to proving their contempt toward any person that they perceive as weaker and are not afraid of these being women, children and any other vulnerable group.
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If John Paul don’t know what he’s doing, what does that say about his boss, the Bishop.
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One of the problems of the seminary system is that “no” is often not definitive. I know one young(ish) man who has passed through at least five seminaries (in England and abroad) and the temptation to return seemed perennial. He failed to take to university life when he left and he remained on the fringe of the Catholic world for some time, wrestling with the fact he is probably a friend of Dorothy (despite numerous betrothals).
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Watch clergy & Co and how they communicate with the rich and powerful.
Then watch how they deal with the vulnerable
IGNORE their talk
ACTIONS speak louder than words.
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Clinicians have begun to examine religious trauma more seriously in the past decade, aided by increased academic research into what has become a widespread movement internationally.
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Several organisations include:
RECOVERING FROM RELIGION
THE RECLAMATION COLLECTIVE
THE RELIGIOUS TRAUMA INSTITUTE
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Thank you Bishop Pat Buckley. You are a shining light in the darkness of the reality of what goes on in the Roman Catholic so called community.
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Is cited by survivors as influencing their mental health battles and many seriously regret having not grown up in an atheist family, this being one of many reactions to church related coercive control.
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All abuse wrapped in Jesus is still abuse. Clergy and their cohorts are experts in weaponising Jesus in their own self interests. There isn’t a better paid tax exempt income stream with secret bonuses for favours anywhere else so they never really leave even when it says so on paper, they don’t have to, they know too much, their superiors know that too. They never bite the hand that feeds them.
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Yeah it’s a total scam. This is the reason churches should be taxed – that and the fact the revenue from that could end hunger permanently. Strange, you would think churches would use their wealth to end hunger anyway. 🤷
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11:48 Churches are only NOT taxed, they also research and claim every government grant for energy and for improving buildings meant for community use that they then go on to sell & deprive the public of local amenities and all of this and more despite churches taking in thousands every week in every church from the various collections. The church is a business, their actions toward the vulnerable clearly evidences where their priorities and allegiances are.
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Americans are now religiously unaffiliated- many of them believe that the religion that they experienced growing up was harmful even when it was not actual physical or sexual abuse, the terminology and instillation of fear induced anxiety and other symptoms.
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Over the decades, the Roman Catholic Church has deployed corporal punishment in schools and institutions, sexual and all other manner of abuse wherever the opportunity has arisen. Today, these options are more likely to result in court proceedings & financial claims so there is more emphasis by clergy and their teams on less provable methods including stalking, physical and online, various inappropriate behaviours, including spreading false and misleading information about those they perceive as a threat to their own self interests etc.
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Not another one! Next we’ll have Neil D’argan back in Killaloe or Cabra, in the Boiler House by night and being Father Perfect to old dears by day.
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12:04 Neil Dargan is making a good living elsewhere, he won’t be back. Most of the old dears have disappeared due to Covid, the only old dears left in pews are mainly relatives of the teachers in the church managed schools built on church owned land. Business as usual.
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12:04 door policy has been increased at Boiler House. A few clerics disappointed having made the long journey.
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If the RCC has to resort to resurrecting people like Joe McGuigan to active ministry to keep the show on the road, then it demonstrates that it’s in the last through of death, desperately gasping as the inevitable approaches.
What I fail to understand is how McGuigan managed to go 19 years without being removed from the clerical state. English dioceses used Pope Benedict’s fast-track administrative procedure to get priests like McGuigan off their books. So, therefore, if any misconduct comes to light in those unsupervised 20 years in which he was still a priest, I am sure the church will have no problem digging deep to compensate potential victims.
The diocese needs to reconsider its approach immediately. I hope the press picks this up.
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Is Joe McGuigans return to ministry a rumour or a fact?
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He is in Corpus Christi with Fr McCafferty and is doing a splendid job. Forgive and move on.
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There is no way any Bishop in Ireland would take him on, sheer rumour. I think the sheep would not be happy paying for lube a second time round.
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As if the people of Ballymurphy haven’t suffered enough over the years, now they are left with a psycho and a nymphomaniac in their church.
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1:21 same story in most parishes.
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1:21 Are the psycho and the nymphomaniac one person or two separate people? You needn’t fear that your description would allow the public to identify a particular priest.
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Joe’s another one who should never have been ordained. I remember him in Maynooth. He was a toxic mix of arrogance and stupidity and full of bombast and unmerited overconfidence.
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Paddy is the psycho and Joe is the nymphomaniac- but maybe one can calm the other one down and one can give the other one lots of sex and it will be a great set up.
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The elitist and classist attitudes of Roman Catholic Church hierarchy and their colleagues has long been instrumental in the sense of entitlement and over privilege they continue to exercise in their exploitation of vulnerable individuals and families in need of help.
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The priests are performing at Noel Treanors bash tomorrow night.
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Wonder will Timothy Bartlett be doing his Elvis impersonation also?
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Dominic McGrattan can show off his pope dancing skills
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1:09 If I can get a lift, I’ll be wearing the red Popes slippers that couldn’t be found for the funeral last week.
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Although law enforcement have made some inroads, lucrative illicit businesses include infiltration of public works contracts and protection type money payments etc.
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Dominic Mc Grattan used be quite hot but he’s so thin now that he looks unwell.
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Dominic is still sexy. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It’s a shame such a beautiful man has vowed celibacy
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If he didn’t smoke so much he would not look so grey and be so thin. Smoking suppresses the appetite
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I can’t stand the smell of smokers. If one sits beside me on the bus I have to move.
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Happy New Year 🥳
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Yes, happy new year, Deaf Guy.
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Deaf guy, if you have any news regarding Chis Stalfords death you must go to the PSNI immediately
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1:05 Deaf Guy is an honest citizen. Not many of them about in your Church, Father, it goes with YOUR Territory.
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If Deaf Guy was a priest you’d all be on about how he can’t help himself and doesn’t have capacity. 😂
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Pat, there is a serious safeguarding issue in Arundel and Brighton diocese surrounding a clergy spouse. Safeguarding seem to be disinterested. Any suggestions?
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The usual 😞 I am happy to address the matter
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Check your email. You received an email on the 13th Jan
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Never arrived
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Please email rubinremus@gmail.com
It is very serious and urgent.
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I think I know who this about. Go get ‘em. Something needs to be done about her!
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Not turning cathbot or anything but does JP need help?
He’s hooked on booze and drugs – these are medical issues. He chatted up a guy and it went wrong – so what? Nobody died. Me thinks these posts are a little harsh.
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He gave young men alcohol and drugs and tried to sexually assaulted them. Attempted sexual assault is a crime. Addiction is not only a medical issue. It requires intensive detox and rehab.
Also, if JP tried it on the wrong guy, he would get his head kicked in or be stabbed – or be killed.
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How do we know he wasn’t pushed from that window?
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Police investigated, and no one charged
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Fair enough. It’s much worse than simple rejected advances
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4:10pm why was Fr John Paul Lyttle inviting strangers back to the presbytery? He wasn’t disabled before that fateful night.
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@2.35 pm. Bishop Pat
Very well put.
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Canon at 2:29 without turning cathbot yes he does.
If he’s not getting offered help by the diocese he could either go to his GP and ask for a referral to addiction or mental health services or possibly approach them himself.
That said the reason the cathbots throw around things like disability, addiction and so on is to attempt to wrong foot people on here. There will be little to no actual concern for John Paul within the church. Perhaps he has family or friends, who are hopefully not enmeshed in the dysfunctional cathbot world.
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3.12 A loose Canon more like it.
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2:29 now you’ve just proven how you achieved the title of Canon
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Todd people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones! You off all people have a cheek to comment on other peoples sexual deviances
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Em, what deviances are those?
Hope all well in SMB anyway
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5.37 NOT my comment head shrink et 🤓
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5.37 I didn’t write the perv comment bud. How’s things in the village? Don’t fuck with me.
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Has Paddy McCafferty lost the plot?
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What’s he done now?
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Goodness there’s someone with real anger commenting on here today.
John Paul, is that you? 💥
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3:23pm unlikely, the stuff keeps him chilled during the day.
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It would appear Bishop Treanors farewell will be an array of talent and entertainment, I wish I was invited……
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Treanor nor the warbling member of the place which doesn’t exist couldn’t care if a trained monkey said mass as long as it was able to generate money
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5:14 you could say that of any of the Bishops.
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Joe McGuigan will be getting nowhere near my grandchildren when it comes to first confession, communions or baptism
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So a priest moved to the side out of public view twenty years ago due to connections to death of a homeless man who was sexually abused by a priest when he sought shelter and later committed suicide & left a note, same priest also connected to Financial irregularities clearly retained his close connections and had an ongoing friendship with RC hierarchy whilst he continued his gay dating app activities on Grindr etc & has now been reinstated. All the more reason why the provision of updated published information is essential & if RC keep refusing to provide it, police authorities must do it in interests of public safety. The current situation represents an ongoing danger to the public safety of all particularly children and vulnerable adults.
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In 2003 according to the Irish Times, cynics predicted there would no return to active ministry, even if Father McGuigan wanted it. He had broken the 11th Commandment, “Thou Shall Not Be Caught”.
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Several D&C priests-have told Joe to his face that he should leave the priesthood for good and not return
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Can anyone send in the photos at the childrens party over the weekend? Two priests dressed as clowns
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Bishop Noel intentions of bring joe back into the dioceses of Down and Connor and the Chancellor will address the paper work from the past.
it has to be pointed out there has been No questions or complaints as yet to the Diocesan offices but that could change.
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Imagine ordering a pizza with Mayo from Joe McGuigans pizza place
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Virgin Media One – Ireland
9pm / Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Experts at Poo HQ discuss gut health
Channel 4 – Tuesday 17 Jan. 8pm
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Never mind the people of Ballymurphy, what about us, the people of loughisland haven’t we suffered enough. This is just rubbing salt in their wounds having ciaran lothario Dallat here. This so called priest is a disgrace but Treanor quite frankly does not give a toss about anyone other than himself. A disaster of a bishop inflicting a disaster of a priest on loughinisland.
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Anon@6
There’s a few of us keeping a VERY close watch on Dilldo…..oops sorry, Dallat.
Back room fire, down at O’Toole’s,
wise men sit, and they’re no fools.
Matters discussed on many a night,
will come to fore, when time is right
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Virgin Media One
Wednesday 18 January – 11pm
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Some interesting and strategic changes there. It will all come out in the wash and Treanor knows it!
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What’s Tim Bartlett been doing for the last 25 years? Pre parish
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Fr Conleth Byrne. to assist the bishop on matters of financial administration.
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Another money counter.
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Bishop Traeanor and VG O’Hagan and others could well find themselves in court answering very awkward questions for their decision to reintroduce McGuigan to parish life when (not if) he transgresses again and harms vulnerable people. I am the only one that can see this ? In my work I regularly deal with equivalent issues concerning professionals, and the judgements that I and my colleague make take very seriously the protection of people, and we always err on that side in making decision about the suitability of people to carry out professional responsibilities. Not in the Church, apparently, where a clerical boys club seems to be more concerning with caring for its own ! Joe is clearly unsuited to the role of priest with pastoral responsibility for people. Simple
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They are aiming for an inner city collective of parishes, St Mary’s, St Pats, St Malachys and St Matthews all under theCathedral where a group of priests will be housed. An inner city American model. It’s just such a pity that the former Dean of Belfast has gone on leave as he would have been elevated to being Metropolitan Dean of Belfast and perhaps a Chamberlain of the Papal Household. Looks like Fr Timothy Bartlett might well fill that exalted position going forward. Deo Gratias
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I can’t believe that Noel would put Joe with Paddy, but maybe it’s to cover for his time in rehab and retreats
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MITCHELL GARABEDIAN: POPE BENEDICT’S LEGACY
Radio New Zealand
[Wellington, New Zealand]
January 14, 2023
By Mitchell Garabedian
“A world-renowned lawyer – who’s represented countless victims of sexual abuse within the church – and was famously depicted in the 2015 film Spotlight – believes Pope Benedict XVI leaves behind a tarnished legacy.
Child abuse in the Catholic church is as bad now as ever, despite the positive impact of bringing such cases to light, Mitchell Garabedian says.
Pope Benedict’s legacy is “disappointing,” Garabedian says.”
“Pope Benedict toed the company line, he practised the cover up when he was Archbishop in Munich, or he was leading the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith which investigated sexual abuse claims.
“As Pope he was more interested in protecting the institution and more interested in doctrine than protecting children and trying to help victims to
heal and get on with their lives.” “The amount of clergy sexual abuse is so deep and wide that it’s never going to go away. We just have to be able to fight it and to limit it and keep the public aware of its evil.”
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-weekend/audio/2018873839/mitchell-garabedian-pope-benedict-s-legacy
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I was in Maynooth the same time as Tim Bartlett. He was always ambitious. His room was like that of a lawyer, shelves, suitably appropriated tomes, clean as a whistle. The problem was students like him were conditioned to be ambitious. He ticked all the boxes for future ecclesiastical promotion. In his defence, however, he was a very polite and well behaved lad. Compared to the other slime balls and randy feckers I met there, he wasn’t the worst. At least he didn’t want to share a shower, a bed or a back door with you. Eugene O’Neill and his side kick, Conor Stainton- Polland, an Elvis impersonator who abandoned D&C for Liverpool Diocese were like two old women giggling and gossiping. Of those two though, Eugene was the better half. Conor S-P, I wouldn’t trust as far as I’d throw.
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Who are the Down & Connor seminarians? Are they of good character?
Perhaps it would be prudential for a post about these men who are being trained for my Diocese.
I’d certainly appreciate this.
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8:53 another nosey priest baying for blood. What’s it to you about these young men. Leave them alone.
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I think JPL has run it’s course. Half the comments are abouting other , matters.
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Yes Pat, we are really getting tired of the continual rehashing of this story- it’s old news now
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Yeah, time to kick a new can down the road.
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9:19 priests and their friends on this blog are like rattle snakes, disgusting.
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John Paul is yet another strange priest. One story worse than the last every day about them. Shocking.
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I come from JPL home parish in Guernsey. We wish him well but he must be laicised and live his life as a layman. For his own sake the poor man should never have been ordained, it was always about the dressing up and status for JP. PJ Smith was curate here too, bad news! Akin to visiting the Southampton Undertaker. Ah, sure we’re alright lol
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It must be exhausting them constantly looking over their shoulders and engaging in the essential never ending deflection and coverups to keep the show on the road. Waste of a life.
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Who is the undertaker please?
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