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THE DECADES LONG SUFFFERING OF PADDY MC CAFFERTY.

FR PADDY MC CAFFERTY

This is NOT a short video – but I would encourage readers to watch it completely.

PAT SAYS

I felt tears in my eyes at several points during this video.

Paddy was sexually abused as a child twice – aged 4 and 6.

But his major abuse took place in seminary and the hands of a now former priest called JAMES DONAGHY.

DONAGHY

During his trial Donaghy faced accusations by three young males.

He was sentenced for ONLY ten years!

To cope, Paddy turned to alcohol and reached a weight of 20 stone- remarkable for someone who stands at 5′ 5″

Paddy’s suffering was intensified by having served under a corrupt bishop – PATRICK WALSH and a corrupt judge – GEMMA LOUGHRAN.

WALSH
LOUGHRAN

NOW

Paddy tells us he is in a much better place.

That good.

BUT

How can Paddy continue to be in a priest in a hurch that has tortured millions of victims in the past and will continue to torture thousands into the future?

If he is part of that Church, he is part of the problem.

He remains a pulic representative of an abusive and abusing Church.

Why?

Maybe he or one of his friends will explain that to us.

203 replies on “THE DECADES LONG SUFFFERING OF PADDY MC CAFFERTY.”

Priests who rape each other & the priests, judges & solicitors who block & deny justice to victimssays:

Poor Fr Paddy has been destroyed. He’s afraid to look back, he’s afraid to look forward. He has Stockholm Syndrome. His life has been totally ruined by those crooked priests and their fancy judges and solicitors who screw victims of church related abuse including their own priests if they step out of line & report colleagues who rape them as Fr Paddy McCafferty was.

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That Bishop Walsh looks creepy. Is he still tormenting that poor old nun in the nursing home? That’s not right, not right at all. Shouldn’t be allowed.

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Nah mate that was just a story invited by PMcC- sure that couldn’t go on in a supervised nursing home

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Bishop Pat, I am shocked that anyone should imply that, by continuing to be a public representative of the Church, Paddy is part of the problem. Dear God, the Paddys of the world are part of the solution.
I do not remotely doubt the damage that is caused by those who so seriously abuse the Faith they claim to be devoted to. But such folk are NOT the Faithful. They are the hypocritical abusers of their Faith. As a man of simple faith, exemplified by my dad and taught at my mother’s knee, I do not remotely understand those who give up their faith, apparently because of the abuse of that faith by others who fall so far short. I would only give up my faith if I personally no longer believed.
But The Word of God, as revealed in the Gospels, makes sense to me. The Ten Commandments are the best guide to happiness and fulfilment in life I have ever come across. Indeed, love God and love your neighbour as yourself might even be enough of a summary on their two- some!
I admire and am inspired, above all, by those many wonderful people whom I have met in life whose Faith is so strong that it permeates and underpins all that they do. Root out the abusers, of course. But delight forever in the inspiration of those whose daily lives are a daily reminder of the power of our Faith to heal and redeem, even if they themselves have suffered grievously.

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‘The Ten Commandments are the best guide to happiness and fulfilment in life I have ever come across.’
Especially the bit about how to treat your slaves.

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Reply to;Anonymoussays:
May 7, 2023 at 12:44 am
I disagree with you, regarding giving up the faith.
I think that any right minded people who are aware of the dishonesty, the sexual abuse, the sex abuse coverups of Catholic cleric sex abusers, also physical and psychological abuse of children by Roman Catholic religious order educator, without even mentioning the cruel abuse of children in Roman Catholic children’s homes, the complicit Popes and, Bishop worldwide, to want to remain in such a criminal organisation must have some mental aberration.
Outside the church, ask yourself, would you mix with friends or others, or even family members, who are embezzlers, child sexual abusers, those who inflict pain on children, or those who coverup sex abuse of children.
Would you want to work for a boss who is a child sexual abuser or a cover-up merchant, in secular life? I doubt it!
What is it in your mentality, that influences you so much, that you are accepting of of those same criminals in Roman Catholic religious life and their business institution, which supports them, that makes you accepting of both? That behaviour to me is unconscionable.
You are simply spouting out words, the Roman Catholic faith or for that matter any other faith doe not heal or redeem many, and well you know it.
There of course the mindset, if it’s not happening to me or, mine, or you know of no one who had been harmed by the church and it’s personnel, it has not happened or it happens so far away it’s of no consequence to you.
In the word of the late Cardinal Pell on hearing of the notorious paedophile sexual sex abuser priest Gerald Ridsdale;
‘A sad story and, it wasn’t of much interest to me’
Or do you hang in there, for selfish interest reasons, the promise of eternal life, or salvation as Catholic name it? That’s a real enticer for many, isn’t it?
Many give up supporting the Roman Catholic church and, stop attending services, that for some does not equate with giving up their faith, leaving the church and, leaving their faith are two very distinct decisions, and should not be confused.

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Would one want to associate with magpie types who are always on the lookout for vulnerable people to feast on. Definitely not. These are not people of God and God is everywhere, we carry him in our heart s and leave the vipers to their own unapologetic and self created mess.

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10:03 do you feel it is responsible to illegally deny victims, survivors or relatives of deceased victims of any form of abuse access to their personal records?
Do you feel it is responsible to destroy those records or to deny that they exist or to alter them for the purposes of perverting the course of justice to which these victims, survivors and their families are legally entitled?
Do you feel it is responsible to deliberately and illegally share confidential information with unauthorised persons that you know have separate agendas against those same victims, survivors and their families in your quest to discredit and suppress victims?

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Bums on seats in abusive environments is Bishops objective regardless of personal safety of potential victims.says:

10:03 that was already publicly available information. Publication of information on abuse is crucial to prevent the creation of more victims in seminary. Ever thought the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again only to achieve the same negative result?

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@10:40 are you serious? We are talking kiddy & money fiddlers here, surely you didn’t expect they’d respect any other rights! Open your eyes 👀

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11.22 it’s all butts butts butts that’s what’s getting the holy ones into the media scandal pages.

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Can you help us please?
We are looking for anyone who attended St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Upper Hutt, New Zealand, between 1976 and 1980.
Please reply to owner of this blog who will pass on your details. Thank you.

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This comment is not about Fr McCafferty, I don’t know him, but beyond the usual protests that you ignore the good the church does a few possible reasons spring to mind.
A major one is that if you have already been abused (especially if as a child) it becomes normal for you. We see this in people who go from one abusive relationship to another. It usually isn’t even conscious and it’s one of the most difficult things to get over. If it’s conscious you often lack the confidence to change or you actually start gaslighting yourself.
There is the famous Stockholm syndrome which can look very like the above except it’s more about the way you see your abuser than yourself.
It is far more difficult for RCs than others to church hop – even as Orthodox you can change which church. This is honestly in itself abusive because it’s like your abuser telling you nobody else will ever be good enough.
You blame yourself for abuse, and entering the clerical culture wouldn’t help that.
The context of your trauma can feel very safe indeed.

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12:58
The focus of this blog is exposure of abuse corruption and crime
in Roman Catholic Church in Ireland and internationally.

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4.18
Pat published the comment. Readers can be happy that it’s Pat who decides and not you.

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A woman suing the Catholic Church for alleged sexual, physical and emotional abuse sobbed loudly and became too distressed to speak as she gave evidence in the High Court at Wellington.
The woman, who has (name suppression), appeared distraught when she was called on to read evidence detailing her years at St Joseph’s Orphanage in Upper Hutt, and when asked to name a man she alleges sexually abused her.
She is claiming $550,000 in damages, plus interest and costs, from the church and other Catholic agencies.
Justice Marion Frater called several adjournments during the first day of the case, expected to take three weeks, so the 45-year-old woman could compose herself.
Suppression orders also prohibit publication of the names of nuns and men accused of abusing her.
Named as defendants are the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington, Catholic Social Services (CSS), the Sisters of Mercy (Wellington) Trust Board and St Joseph’s Orphanage Trust Board. All deny the allegations.
The woman claims that as a child she was often beaten at the orphanage, and was verbally and emotionally abused almost daily by some nuns.
She said she had been sexually abused at the orphanage, and again at foster homes arranged by CSS. “She was literally at the mercy of the nuns,” said the woman’s lawyer, Helen Cull, QC.
Ms Cull said the church and Catholic Social Services held themselves to be caring, Christian organisations, but they had been negligent in not providing that care.
The woman said she was one of seven children and remembered a happy home, but her father drank and hit her mother.
After being taken to a Salvation Army home when the marriage ended, she and a sister were taken to St Joseph’s in 1968. She remained there until 1973.
She said she remembered the fear and horror of her time there, and the nuns’ religious focus. “I remember hating God.”
She had recently remembered a man at the orphanage making her perform oral sex on him. Afterwards she had vomited, and been very upset.
The woman gave evidence about Catholic foster care, saying one man had asked her to swim nude and asked her to put her hands down the front of his trousers, and she had been raped – including, when she was a teenager, by her drunken grandfather.
She said she did not tell anyone because “there was no one to tell. I felt at the time the nuns hated me.”
She said the emotional abuse continued at St Mary’s College and she began abusing alcohol and, to a lesser degree, drugs.
The mother of two sons, who now lives overseas, filed her lawsuit in 2001, after being given her file from the orphanage in 1999. She said it triggered many devastating memories.

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This lady is very brave to stand up in court despite her obvious ongoing pain and distress. We will pray for her and for all those abused by the Roman Catholic religion we once followed but no more. Enough is enough.

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The gathering of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors followed shortly after the public resignation of a founding member, Father Hans Zollner, for what he described as “structural and practical issues” in the institution.
Cardinal Sean O’Malley, who heads the commission, said he strongly disagreed with Zollner’s critique.
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, instituted in 2014, serves as an advisory body to the pope, providing recommendations on how the Church can best protect minors and vulnerable adults.
With the publication of Pope Francis’ apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium, the commission, which remains independent, was stabilized and given a more central role in the Roman Curia within the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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9:39 well said, absolutely a damage limitation exercise but they seriously damage and destroy anyone who questions the ongoing criminal activities of RC members where they continue perverting the course of justice to protect their wider and extra curricular activities and interests.

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10:55
I completely agree with you. Your brief analysis explains why such
slow progress furthering the the work of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. It ought to be renamed the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Majors, i.e. senior members of the clerical fraternity.

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The Roman Catholic Church looks after the Roman Catholic Church all the time and every time.

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Pope Francis invited the Vatican’s child protection commission to have “a spirituality of reparation” toward victims of clergy sexual abuse and to examine where the Church has committed “sins of omission” in this area.
“The sexual abuse of minors by clergy and its poor handling by Church leaders has been one of the greatest challenges for the Church in our time,” he told the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM) during an audience May 5.
“The failure to act properly to halt this evil and to assist its victims,” he continued, “has sullied our witness to God’s love.”
“In the Confiteor, we ask forgiveness not only for the wrong we have done but also for the good we have failed to do. It can be easy to forget sins of omission, for in a way they seem less real; yet in fact they are very real, and they hurt the community as much as others, if not more so,” he said.

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Dom Benedict Andersen, the true Prior of Silverstream, called for better protections for church whistleblowers after being ostracised from the Co Meath monastery
https://bishoppatbuckley.blog/2021/09/16/silverstream-whistleblower-speaks-to-irish-independent/
Pope Francis’s response is to reward a mitre to Fr Paul Connell. As Chancellor of Meath diocese Fr Paul Connell has been complicit on the ongoing injustice against Dom Andersen of Silverstream.

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Replyto;Vatican Child Protection Commissionsays:
May 7, 2023 at 1:04 am
Francis talks a lot of bull—t on the topic of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic paedophile clerics, he always says what one would expect to hear, there are many who actually believe him, he is such a hypocrite, he like any other dictator will not obey his own laws, it’s;
“Do as I say, not as I do”
In fact without the free press, we would still be none the wiser of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests, the Bishops would still be covering up, which I am sure still continues in many countries, if we had to wait for the Vatican to inform us, the “beans” would still not be spilled, they wold be firmly compressed in their can lid tightly fixed.

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Crooks & criminals international covering each others butts 24/7.

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By continuing to be a public representative of an ‘abusing and an abusive’ Church, Paddy is NOT part of the problem. He is a major part of the solution. Even though I have never previously heard of him.
Abusers exist, of course, but I would never abandon my faith because of someone else’s failings. The early teachings of my parents made sense to me. My later reading of the Word of God in the Gospels also made sense to me. The Ten Commandments are the perfect route map to a fulfilling life- actually, the first two are a perfect summary of all we have to do! Above all, the behaviour of those whose daily lives are permeated by their adherence to their faith has been the most powerful source of inspiration to me that I can think of, not least in those moments where my own faith might falter. More power to you, Father Paddy!

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Former Irish President Mary McAleese & Marie Collins warn against attempts to discredit Hans Zollner / in Vatican child safeguarding crisis. .says:

Mary McAleese and Marie Collins call on Pope Francis to save Vatican child safeguarding group
Letter warns against attempts to discredit group’s founding member Hans Zollner, who has resigned

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Former president Mary McAleese and Dublin abuse survivor Marie Collins have written to Pope Francis calling for “an independent, external review” of the Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
It follows the resignation of Jesuit priest Fr Hans Zollner, a member of the commission since it was set up in 2014.
He said it had yet to take seriously the principles of “transparency, compliance and responsibility” and that there were people in the Catholic Church who, “for personal or emotional reasons, create obstacles” in the fight against child abuse.
In their letter, both women expressed “deep concern” about the resignation from the commission “of its most experienced, globally respected and distinguished founding member Fr Hans Zollner SJ”.

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There you go! Status quo 2023. They cannot cannot and, will not change.
The principles of “transparency, compliance and responsibility” and that there are people in the Roman Catholic Church who, “for personal or emotional reasons, create obstacles” in the fight against child sexual abuse”

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1:05
There are people in the Roman Catholic Church who have no problem destroying peoples lives, no problem in causing decades of suffering,
and no problem gaslighting slandering and re-victimizing in order to cover up their colleagues immoral, abusive or criminally duplicitous hypocrisy.
It is rationalized and justified as done in the best interests of the Church.

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Is this to do with the mishandling of paedophilia sexuality in the church?

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Don’t we know it from bitter experience. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

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Try telling that to any of the Irish Bishops, just look at what Bishop Tom Deenihan is doing to Dom Benedict Andersen, look at what Bishop Ray Browne did to Kerry to his own priests yet Rev. Mark Moriarty is being a pampered pooch courtesy of the Kerry mass goers. Bishop Fintan Monahan in Killaloe hunts women broken by his priests in the direction of women’s refuges whilst he spends thousands on the priests who exploited their clerical collar to access these already vulnerable parishioners. That’s just three as an example, there are many others.

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11.14
Except that the priest in Kerry is not one of Ray Brown’s and what he spoke was a travesty of church teaching. The bishop’s action was exemplary.

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Butt Butt Butt aren’t they not doin the bestest they can for there dazes boys and gals. Aren’t they Aren’t they.

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12:50
Poster @ 11:14 said priests.
Which priest in Kerry are you referring to?
The problem with church teaching nowadays
is it seems to be for many, make it up as you go go… to humor the punters. What’s church teaching according to the CCC on the transitivity
issue your refer to? Was Fr. not nuanced enough for bishop Ray?
I’m only asking. I’m not making any judgements.

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4.27
Short answer: Fr was as nuanced as someone using a sledge hammer to crack an egg.
Change and development are i trinsic features of church teaching. That’s because God has given us the power of reason. Otherwise we’d think we had to believe God created the world in six days (and the first day and evening came about before the sun was created.)
We owe it to God and to one another to come up with the most appropriate form of wordings of doctrine for our generation. And that includes scientific translations of ancient texts.

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8:40
I have absolutely no problem with your comment. I was pointing out the comment at 11:14 mentioned priests, not just Fr. Sheehy. Most ordinary catholics especially of an older generation were given the impression, rightly or wrongly, church doctrine was written in stone. Most people
don’t have the time or luxury to keep abreast of theological developments.
They are getting on with their lives trying to make ends meet. The distinct impression given by the RCC is the CCC contains all the answers. Also,
the comment at 11:14 mentioned ‘Rev. Mark Moriarty… being a pampered pooch courtesy of the Kerry mass goers,’ yet 12:50 reply centered on Fr. Sheehy. Interesting…

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Welcome to Frankies Shitz Zoo - we have plenty vacancies for trained poodles 🐩🐩🐩😇😇😇🐩🐩🐩says:

@1:55 It’s all a Shitz Zoo allright, hour after hour more revelations in the international media on activities of Roman Catholic Mafia. Yes men and women and Fr Poodle types keep the pot of corruption well stocked and stirred. A Toxic and scurrilous membership with ongoing and growing charge sheet of human rights abuses.

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“Raindrops keep falling on my head
But that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turning red
Crying’s not for me
‘Cause I’m never gonna stop the rain by complaining
Because I’m free
Nothing’s worrying me
It won’t be long till happiness steps up to greet me.”
~ B.J. Thomas &
Everypawdy at the Peanut Cafe

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His treatment by Bishop Tom Deenihan of Diocese of Meath is discrimination. Contrary to the Irish Constitution, International Law and Human Rights Laws

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Senator Regina Doherty calls for expansion of Mother and Baby Homes redress schemessays:

The Fine Gael leader in the Seanad, Senator Regina Doherty, has called on the Cabinet to look again at the Mother and Baby Homes legislation, so that survivors who were in such homes for less than six months can qualify for redress.
Senator Doherty said she had not heard “any logical reason” as to why such survivors should not qualify, adding this left her with the impression that “… it boils down to money, and I really hate that.”
She said excluding such people means they are also excluded from the apology and acknowledgement of their pain and this would “hinder any recovery” and compound their pain.

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The next step for the Irish Minister for Justice, Minister Simon Harris is to provide the victims and survivors with the full powers and resources of the Irish State.

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Bishops noted that in the National Synthesis document of the Synod, published in August 2022 stated:
“There was a palpable sense that despite many efforts by the Church, a ‘reckoning’ had not yet taken place, and the synodal process generated a clear imperative to place this issue at the heart of any Church renewal and reform. A submission noted: We must pledge ourselves to journey with survivors, to meet with them, preferably in small groups where dialogue is possible and opens us to the presence of the Spirit.”

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“We must pledge ourselves to journey with survivors, to meet with them, preferably in small groups where dialogue is possible and opens us to the presence of the Spirit.”
Small enough to get some information out of you and small enough for the animators / operatives to “manage”, and a pretty noxious “Spirit” (moonshine), and stop your chances to interact with the real world more healthfully. Playing the city state at its own game advantages it not you.

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7.18: If Paddy plays the victim like a true actor, you could say the same of Pat and many others who’ve been abused..but it’s an ignorant, disgusting and unkind response. You’re thinking minimises the true horror of abuse.

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FROM BISHOPS CONFERENCE MEETING DECEMBER 2022:
Bishops noted that in the National Synthesis document of the Synod, published in August 2022 stated:
“There was a palpable sense that despite many efforts by the Church, a ‘reckoning’ had not yet taken place, and the synodal process generated a clear imperative to place this issue at the heart of any Church renewal and reform. A submission noted: We must pledge ourselves to journey with survivors, to meet with them, preferably in small groups where dialogue is possible and opens us to the presence of the Spirit.”
Either progress a ‘reckoning’ with haste or let the entire Bishops conference resign. We are sick of religious platitudes, hollow apologies, and avoidance tactics. After over 30+ years!!! SHAME on the Bishops of Ireland.

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Reply to;THE RECKONINGsays:
May 7, 2023 at 7:30 am
The minute I see Holy Spirit introduced into any Roman Catholic solution, is the time I switch off.
Every-time there is no answer, let’s heap it on the Holy Spirit, by now It is standing on such a mound, I am surprised It is not visible, no way, not at all! So the problem remains unsolved, so much for going in that direction.
“It’s a mystery my child, a mystery we must believe”

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If the Holy Spirit was a) real and b) involved in this in any way, it could have prevented this at any point, as could the notional believers the spirit has been invoked on.

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What seems like a never-ending state of crisis also appears to have paralysed the ability of the Roman Catholic Church to reckon with the troubling and unresolved parts of its past. Victims and Survivors cannot and will not wait forever for Justice and closure.

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Fr McCafferty is the best priest I have ever worked with. He is sorely missed in our parish and I wish he would come back.

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Fr Paddy McCafferty says yes to the dress but entirely on his terms, a rare priest of integrity in the rotten Vatican outpost in Ireland.says:

Fr Paddy McCafferty is a rare priest indeed, a man who has retained his honesty and integrity despite the sufferings that the Roman Catholic Church & their legal eagles in the justice system has visited upon him and added insult to injury. His abuser should have been sentenced to far more than 10 years. That sentence should be appealed. Fr McCafferty is holding the church to account whilst retaining his ministry. Let them sack him if they dare! They’d just love it if he left, it’d make things easier for them. Fr Paddy McCafferty ain’t no poodle nor a yes man.

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Someone mentioned Bishop Joseph Duffy coined the phrase ‘good enough for our day’. Like hell! How many child rapes, vunerable adults abused sexually physically psychologically, financial ‘irregularities’,clerical criminals protected, MIA parasites, defamation, slander, data and privacy legislation breaches, inducing and participating in hate crimes against victims survivors friends and supporters, witness intimidation, perverting the course of justice as in Fr. Paddy’s case, involvement in various criminal activities, various kinds of corruption, etc,….How much of such anti-Gospel activities is ‘good enough for our day’ Bishops? Shameful.

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The many stories I have heard over the years about him saying mass drunk are plentiful

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9:55 Poor Fr Paddy McCafferty, those evil Bishops and clerics and their gangsters have his head melted, the poor man is nearly destroyed altogether so he is. Shame on all these evil priests that do this to each other apart from what they do to innocent women and children.

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I hope you complained about his behaviour. He would, had the situation been reversed.

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@11:53am
Get a grip Mary, how would youu have felt if that melt had turned up for you Da’s funeral stocious. He’ll have more than decades of suffering to atone for that, and righty so.

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;@9:43am
Whats up wi ya Patsy you’ve got this melt Mccafferty beatified talking about his decades of suffering, forgetting the decades of suffering he’s imposed on others by his behaviour to grieving families and his audacity to approach the altar to celebrate The Holy sacrifice of The Mass with drink taken!!!. He’ll have more than decades of suffering to atone for that, and rightly so. I know you wont print this but you have to be fair and give him a quick belt of your crozier in charity.

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9:02 and 9:31
Rev. MIA calling kettle black.
What of centuries of atonement due to you so start clocking up rosaries.

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Pat, I do not concord with your analysis of Fr. McCafferty. I do not know him personally but I have heard him speak and write about his sexual abuse. He has done so in a brutally honest way, justifiably angry at times. To say Paddy is part of the problem, whatever that swipe means, and not the solutiin is an inane, supercilious comment. Could not the same be said of many others, including you? You chose to be an independent cleric for a myriad of reasons. That’s your choice. Paddy chose to stay in his spiritual home, the Catholic Church. I admire his guts and courage. Yes, he is often highly emotive but he is shaped by his experiences of abuse. He deals with it in an open, honest way. For me, he is able to do much more by way of challenging the Church leadership from his ministry within the church. He has challenged, called out and named his abusers, the Bishops and others for their reckless irresponsible responses. Paddy has a righteous anger but is also a kind, empathetic and caring pastor. I wish Paddy every blessing and I hope he allows God to speak through him against all abusers, corruption and to speak the truth with charity and justice. I could find reasons for abandoning the Church but I find great comfort and inspiration from the faith I was given – its art, mysticism, music, architecture, philosophy, spirituality of the great and lesser Saints, poetry etc…its theology and sacraments – the Eucharist being the most beautiful gift. Why would I throw away these life saving gifts? The institutional Church does not inspire me and I abhor all abuses. Like Paddy, the abuse I experienced as a teenager (by a neighbour) made me want to abandon God and the Church because I felt such shame but the spiritual grace-life of the Church was to be my redemption. Were all called to fight for justice and truth and be pastorally compassionate and caring where we’re planted. Paddy, continue your good ministry where you’re planted. You ARE a big part of the solution. And from within.

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Padraig.
Your post is the most sensible and reasonable today. Like you, I do not know FR. McCafferty. Despite all the personal attacks on him, he comes over as someone who has been through hell and back. I would not wish what he has been through on anyone. Not even my worst enemy. Not even PB. All credit to the man.
Fr. McCafferty is quite right to stay in the church and fight within to clear the filth out. Shame on those who did a runner and left others like him to defend the faith of our fathers. He should be on every safeguarding Committee because he has suffered and is DEFINITELY a big part of the solution. Definitely not the likes of McAleese.
I stopped reading this blog a long time ago because I was fed up with personal attacks, DG with his forked tongue on another blog under the name of FDS (where he got a slap on the wrist) and Fr. Shammy going on about Dom Benedict. Anonymous has already mentioned Dom Benedict today. Dom Benedict needs to let us know where he is and is safe. Let Dom Benedict respond. We might then be able to understand and respect him. The ball is in his court.
I am unrelaxed about a judge being called corrupt. I presume there is evidence to back that up. If so that should be reported to the Law Society in Ireland.
We are all sinners. Let s/he who is without sin cast the first stone.
Let us hope and pray that Fr. McCafferty continues to progress.

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Welcome back, Garngad Lad,
So, GL, you claim to have stopped reading this blog a long time ago due to personal attacks, but then proceed to rant against DG and Shammy. You believe Dom Benedict needs to let us know where he is and is safe. You, then, might be able to respect Dom Benedict. (Overwhelming concern). Any concern for injustice, Dom Benedict’s good name or capacity to earn a livelihood? Dom Benedict is a whistle-blower, GL. You also believe the ball is in Dom Benedict’s court. GL, what has Dom Benedict’s situation, Silverstream Priory, and their ongoing scandal to do with an individual living in Scotland. Finally, why are you unrelaxed about a judge being called corrupt? Yes, it ought to be reported to the Law Society if the alleged matter is true. If the alleged matter against Judge Loughran is true, was it only sin or did her involvement in the case also constitute professional misconduct? I wouldn’t know. Any further comment, GL?

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@ 10:01
Wrong ya cretin, I’m not a cleric and not MIA. I am stating a fact that any priest turning up drunk to a grieving family or worse to say Mass is not a disgrace well there is something wrong with you.

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Retired Bisho Paddy Walsh has gotten away with far too much for far too long and Judge Gemma Loughran failed to declare their close family connection. A blatant conflict of interest that should be reviewed via the formal channels.

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I was a seminarian in St Joseph’s Wing. I was never a student at St Malachy’s College, but came to the Wing from St Patrick’s Grammar School, in Downpatrick. I never found Fr/Canon Walsh the sadist some here have described him as.

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Pat can I send you voicemails that paddy has left me when he has been drunk? They don’t make for easy listening

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That’s factually not true- and justice demands that your comment be seen as that of a malicious troublemaker,

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If you do, you are about the only one on this blog who does.
If you are a regular reader of the blog, you’ll know of the abuse a certain commenter gets for his alleged issues.

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12.38
To be fair, it’s not for his issues the said person is called out. It’s because of his vile, viscious vitriol directed at people who had nothing to do with his abuse, especially his manupulation of the sexual abuse of children for his own ends.

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3:55 Lies. Only yesterday the cultists were ranting about alcoholism at a commenter they thought was him.

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Paddy’s weight gain was due to a doctor prescribing a medication. Paddy said in the video he was subsequently told he should never have been prescribed the medication. That is not an uncommon medical error.

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Bishop Byrne prompted a priest on a supervision plan for boundary issues with teenage boys to a canon. So the Church has learnt nothing.

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May 7, 2023 at 10:42 am
What is forgotten in the promotion of McCoy, and the callousness of demoting the previous priest who was Dean at Mary’s Cathedral and by all accounts had been a very honourable man, he had been there for years, he was kicked out into the parishes at 55, no wonder his health deteriorated.
How those people can sleep at night, that they are not tormented by their despicable wicked heartless behaviour/attitude towards others, not much of Roman Catholic ethos to be observed there.
Then the facade of care having the requiem Mass at the St Mary’s Cathedral.
JUDAS; Rt Rev Robert Byrne said: “It is with great sadness that we heard of the death of Fr Dermott Donnelly who died peacefully on Friday afternoon in hospital.

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It breaks my heart to hear how Paddy was so horribly violated over such a long period, how this man has even survived, says a lot for his strength, The saddest part is he could not reach out to anyone for support when he needed it most.
Even in court when Loughran would not recuse initially, I can’t imagine the fear of having accept such a person as judge & juror.
If anyone is in doubt of the psychological harm of child sexual abuse, & the baggage/heavy cross that is carried for decades afterwards, Paddy has shown us the damage that ensues in this video.
Some years ago in a “good” Catholic home any body part below the waist apart form legs & feet, was never referred to, hopefully today parents should be more alert and, not frightened or ashamed to educate their children age appropriate, using language they understand, that if anyone interferes with them in a sexual way, as a parent you want to know.
Even then no matter how a parent tried to forewarn a child, a sexual predator will both groom the parents also the child.

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QP
I refer to your post two or three days ago.
Decided to get out of this blog was a myriad of reasons.
Main starting point was last year when someone from this blog cursed me when I said jpii was totally complicit in receiving 25M from Marciel while ignoring the abused at the same time.
I felt it on that day as I knew it. Cos John gillespie warned us not curse on anyone cos it will rebound back on him or her or priest or supporter of rcc.
Also steer away from negativity surrounding this blog and CTS as well. There was some good one or humour on this blog which made me laugh.
Anyway more to life than this blog as I went out to gaa match yesterday with ex school mate. I just switched off yesterday and back on today temporarily.

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Paddy McCafferty has been blogged about very often on this blog. There are very mixed reactions to him. I have admirarion for his strength to keep going. However, he allows himself too much publicity in his utterances and demeanour. Paddy has been through very traumatic experiences which he’s still navigating his way through. While he attracts attention, I wonder if it’s morally or psychologically right to be scrutinising him today? I do not belueve that any abused person’s story should in anyway be used and abused by trolls, bloggers or anti church militia! That is very disconcerting for victims and survivors. A poster today has promised to pass on phone conversations of Paddy to Pat, apparently “drunk”, for scrutiny!! How, in God’s bare, will this bring healing to Fr. Paddy? Who’ll be the beneficiary of these revealed calls? It certainly won’t be Paddy McCafferty. This is very shabby and grubby voyeurism.

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12:11
Who are you to determine how much publicity is too much for Paddy?
Are you jealous or envious Paddy attracts attention? He is a grown man, relating his story of RCC abuse and cover up. I’m a survivor-victim and I applaud Paddy for his witnesses, resilience and integrity. You sound like you have an agenda of your own. I doubt if it’s in the best interests of Fr. Paddy or survivors-victims.

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4.40: Sir, there’s good publicity and there’s Paddy McCafferty publicity. For quite some time Paddy has spoken about his abuse, bravely and courageously. His abuse affected him deeply and still does. When the effects of abuse turn you into an angry person, it’s time to ensure other people in your care don’t suffer. It seems Paddy can be quite dismissive, offensive and nasty to some parishioners. That’s very understandable but very wrong. Surely Paddy must allow himself “self caring time” and stand back awhile when he feels overwhelmed by his experiences. I’ve suffered abuse but I try to ensure it doesn’t impact on my relationship with others. I got therapy to deal with it. Now I’m fine and to be quite honest, I firmly believe that we may allow too many other people own our story for their agenda. That’s an abuse in itself. I am convinced that the constant exposure by Paddy about himself may not be good for his well being. I can only wish him and you every good wish and prayer.

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9:39
The fact Paddy was abused within the RCC means bad publicity for the Church. A natural emotional response to abuse is anger. Psychiatric hospitals are full of angry abused people. I have no doubts whatsoever numerous priests can be regularly dismissive, offensive and nasty to some parishioners. Self caring time is between Paddy and his therapist/support group. Abuse differs in terms of depth of wounding and individual impact or affects. Your level of abuse and anyone else depth of wounding hurt or trauma, etc, is not necessarily going to be the same. Finally, verbalizing, relating and telling our story regularly can be extremely therapeutic. Don’t forget, Paddy is also being prophetic in his ministry, probably more than most priests. I wish you well.

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There are no such conversations. Random trolls come on here all the time and gaslight people. Buckley would have it on immediately if he got it. It’s easy for “priests” like Brendan Mulhall and Eugene O’Neill to make such claims.

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I was abused by the same boy, much older than I, a number of times when I was a child; the abuse began when I was six.
This may seem cruel, but I couldn’t listen to McCafferty’s video in its entirety, not because of the abuse he claims to have suffered, but because he appears to enjoy the celebrity it is bringing him.
McCafferty seems to be an attention-seeker, and I am not convinced that he is entirely blameless in the abuse he alledges.
I suspect that McCafferty is deeply conflicted about his sexuality, and is either gay or bisexual. I suspect, too, that the abuse he talks about was, at least to a degree, consensual.

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12.59: Your comment deserves merit and I believe you speak another “truth” – one conveniently forgotten. Paddy McCafferty, while deserving of sympathy and understanding, does a huge injustice to himself by posting so much through his Facebook or through videos. I admire your insights, perception and strength but also your analysis, considering what you’ve been through. Paddy should take note as his narratives are difficult to grasp. Thete are “missing pieces” to the jigsaw.

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12.59: I’ve just listened to the interview as far as I could bear. The two ladies are irritating but when Paddy speaks about the post ordination abuses which he suffered, I am at a loss that, at aged 19/20/21/22, he seems so disabled and spellbound by his abuser. Having experienced abuse earlier in his life, he must have been numbed to think differently, but at 22/23 years of age?? I recall being abused by a neighbour between 13-15 years of age and being almost fascinated by the kind attention I was getting. One day, however, he followed and, no longer wanting his attention (abuse), I flung my bike at him and hurt him badly. That brought his abuse of me to an end. At 18 or 23, surely Paddy could have said “no”, even in front of his parents. I understand how abuse impacts but I am almost in total agreement with you in your last sentence.

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I agree with your comment entirely.

When McCafferty was ‘abused’ by Donaghy, he was an adult, not a child. I was a child, and unable to defend myself. But McCafferty?

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I’m curious to know why you are not convinced he is entirely blameless in the abuse he alleges and suspect the abuse was to a degree consensual?

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From 12.59
You’ll find the answer to your question in the second sentence of the comment at 4.22. It is not from me.

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10.47: Thank you for your response to my comment of 9.39. It’s not my intention to minimise Paddy’s hurt but you can observe how, on this blog, victims/survivors stories are misused and abused. Paddy has received some very nasty trolling abuse on this blog which I feel is morally reprehensible. You have good insights which I share re: effects of abuse and the deep psychological damage caused and the need some have for verbalising their hurt. However, I believe that disclosing or verbalising should be done in a safer, trusting and supportive environment. What I shared with my therapist was between myself and him only. I found a great listener and gained valuable insights about how to deal with trauma, how to listen empathetically, who and who not to trust, when and when not to share my story fully. I learned how to use aspects of my therapy so that others benefit from my learning. But I would be loathe to give my full story to any social blog or forum. It’s too much of a risk. Paddy must have good supportive people he can call upon. Thank you.

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Is this bash Fr. Paddy McCafferty day? You’re bashing the wrong Paddy! Bishop Paddy Walsh deserves a fine good bashing. Why was Walsh not charged for his role in this debacle? Was Loughran ever challenged
for her alleged role in this affair or was her alleged role ever investigated by her professional association? Are bishops and members of the judiciary laws unto themselves? What posters seem to forget is the profound impact abuse trauma and cover-up has on the life of a person including spiritual abuse. Of course, it is in the interests of cathbots and clerical BERKS to scapegoat Paddy McCafferty. They don’t want anyone challenging their crap show. Their crap show must go on as long as people (The Baa Baas) put up with it.

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I think Fr McCafferty accuses Bishop Walsh of lying when Walsh said that he had no evidence to corroborate McCafferty’s accusation against Donaghy. But isn’t this true? That Walsh did indeed have no such evidence? Yes, he knew of allegations against Donaghy that concerned others, but, surely, this doesn’t amount to corroboration of McCafferty’s accusation. Does it?

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3.32
Yet, in their rush to cover their backs, church leaders treat allegations as if they were convictions, when they are minded to do so.

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Ontological change is a term from Roman Catholic philosophy and theology.

In my view, it is simply an attempt to try and describe the mysterious

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Bp Pat, you are so diplomatic! It’s a wonder you weren’t “groomed” for the foreign service!

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It does not matter what you think. The jury believed him and Donaghy’s other victims. Donaghy later pleaded guilty to abuse of a seven year old boy.

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Jim Donaghy abused Paddy when he was a young seminarian on the night before Donaghy was ordained. Donaghy was found guilty of this abuse in a crown court.

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I sincerely hope Bishop Buckley writes an open letter to His Holiness
Pope Francis outlining the extent of unresolved cases of abuse in the
Irish Catholic Church, including cases where Irish Constitutional Laws, International Law and Human Rights Laws have been violated by a significant cohort of Irish clerics and a number of Episcopal Leaders
of the Irish Catholic Church.

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Fraudulent Frankie won’t do a God damn thing about his gangs of Irish Episcopal gangsters nor indeed about any of his worldwide possey of clerical gangsters and their associates.

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Paddy is a whackjob who was reported for talking about the erect penis of his abuser on his facebook. His facebook has many young people on it. He needs to stand aside and get real help.

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Pat that surprise me- I heard you were 5’3″ also- just goes to show how our perceptions can be wrong.

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So, Fr Paddy was flown to the USA for eye-poppingly expensive private counselling. Wow! See how these priests love one another! They wouldn’t send an ordinary Joe to the USA for such treatment. Being an ordinary Joe (that is, not being ontologically elite, like priests), he wouldn’t be worth all that money. And, yet, it is his money, and that of tens of thousands of other ordinary Joe’s and Josephines, that these privileged and pampered priests spend on themselves.
Why aren’t lay people furious at this discrimination?

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3.53
If you are baptised, you are ontologically changed. Does that make you superior to non- Christians? It would be as absurd to think so as it would be to posit ordination makes deacons, priests and bishops higher in God’s eyes than you.

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8.43
Alternatively, you misunderstand the christian churches’ teaching on ontology and baptism and additionally, the commenter at 8.08.

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I have read some of McCafferty’s posts on his Facebook page. He doesn’t half wallow in self-pity. And some of the language he uses about Bishop Walsh and Gemma Loughran is not Christian, but is downright nasty and abusive.

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3:57
Is covering up abuse Christian? Read a week of Bishop Pats blog for a flavor of RCC unchristian downright nasty abusive criminal behaviour.

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8:20 Of course not. They worship the ‘church’, just like any other cult where the cult or leader is the focus and object of veneration.

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It’s on public record what Judge Gemma did to Fr McCafferty on behalf of her family member Bishop Walsh.

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Why is that re done posters attacking Fr mc Cafferty, you should be attacking the abusers not the abused per se. He would deserve or need a lot of support from ourselves cos he’s the victim.
You would be better off bashing that Nichols of Westminster, he’s another Kieran Conroy in disguise with a woman in tow.

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4:14
DG, clerics and their cathbot groupies instinctively scapegoat those abused. It’s so prevalent its now known as cathbotology. They are trying to defend the indefensible, but the penny has yet to drop. The penny has
a very long drop, DG. 👍

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Anon at 7.54pm

LOLOL re new terminology – cathbotology 🤣🤣🤣.

Nichols ought to be outed in my view as he can’t have it in both ways.

Was he in diocese of Birmingham where it covers the jurisdiction area – Oscott seminary? Seeing lot of terrible stories here re Oscott as he must have known it in some way, shape or form.

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7:54 the RC stinks worse than cat poo at this stage. Stink travels too…..

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4.14: Deaf Guy, you seem happiest when you want everyone with RC credentials bashed or knifed!! What’s wrong with you?

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Michael at 9.45pm
Not everyone with RC credentials, just a few RC ones who are experts in cover ups, it’s they need to be flogged and whipped or outed in public.
Nichols is one of them. He’s pretentious, self importance and pretending to know nothing, ‘see no evil, hear no evil’ approach.

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The ongoing abuse of Fr McCafferty by troll comments today shows you will always be blamed by the cult for being abused by the cult, and then abused again.
Anyone would think it was a rape cult.

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I am one of those you claim are trolling McCafferty.
I have news for you: I am not a member of the ‘cult’. Far from it. I have no love for the ‘cult’ at all.

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7.21
You ought to understand the claims of 7.10 are not rational. They are the obsessive outpourings of someone who is dealing with the ending of his career choice, in a way that is not healthy for him.

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Somebody mentions trolling.
7:21 sticks his hand up because he’s totally not trolling in the slightest. And then denies being in the cult.
This is how intelligent you have to be to be a cultist. 😂

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7.10
Yet the reason for your bile is you can’t deal with the powerlessness of having your decision to go made for you. A balanced review of your comments would have to conclude your views don’t come from a place of freedom. They are suspect. As is your apparent concern for victims.

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7.39

I know who you believe 7.10 to be, but you are wrong, as you are about so much else. As is 7.48.

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8:08 Don’t forget that the cultists are liars so don’t believe them when they say they know who an anonymous comment is by. It is a way of bullying that previous commenter as well as the anonymous one above.
I would, however, believe that they would love to identify commenters here and attempt to punish them in some way.
You don’t arrive at child rape without all sorts of other crimes and violence going on.

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7:39 you belong to a cult that insists on repeatedly retraumatizing vulnerable persons and their families and friends and your cult continues to create new victims of all manner of abuse that you deem essential to satisfy your extensive hunger for different categories of humiliation because you just have to win all the time and every time. Beneath contempt.

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Pat Buckley: Help me understand this…
The cultists:
‘Its attention seeking ‘
‘He enjoys it’

Experts in humanity my arse.

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8:11 See, even church leaders automatically look at a priest and think ‘kiddy fiddlers’. You’ve admitted it yourself.

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10.04: Maureen, you’ve literally lost the run of yourself in that long winded, poorly expressed piece of verbiage. Slow down, think, write short, easy, cogent sentences. Then we might understand…and stop for a long breath.

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Some very wicked comments today from cowardly clergy and their lackeys against Fr Pat. All of it facilitated by Pat Buckley despite his crocodile tears over Fr Pat’s decades of suffering.
The spineless maligners of a much loved priest could not hold a candle to him. Unlike them, he lives out in the open.
I have known Fr P for many years and during his darkest days. He was never drunk at the Altar – a slander and a lie from a gutless keyboard warrior.
All the other lies are just that – entirely made up and false, invented by malicious clergy.
It is shameful that Buckley allows this gaslighting of a victim on his blog. It exposes Buckley’s false “compassion” for victims. They are all fair game and he happily throws them to the wolves under the guise of “care”.

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@11:37
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin,b but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’ (John 15:18-25)

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Looks like Sr Brenda Maulhaul cssr and her minions have been very busy on your blog today, Patsy, maligning Fr P.
It’s well known that Maulhaul hates wee Paddy because he has often been called to Turf on sick calls when Brenda is missing (she doesn’t live in the parish ahem).
It’s sad Brenda. Leave wee P alone and do your own duties. Fr Paddy’s parishes have always loved him, including Holy Trinity. Can the same be said of you? Naaaaaaah.

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