BISHOP PAT BUCKLEY

Dear Bishop Deenihan,

I refer to my recent correspondence to Archbishop Rozanski posing this most reasonable and legitimate of questions: who has canonical responsibility for Fr. Hildebrand Houser, a monk of Silverstream Priory, which is located within the Diocese of Meath?

It is beyond comprehension that my legitimate query was not acknowledged and/or answered by any individual from the Archdiocese of St. Louis and/or the Diocese of Meath and/or Ms. Teresa Devlin, Chief Executive Officer, National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland. The inaction of Ms. Devlin is deeply egregious by virtue of her position.

The paucity of a response means it is legitimate to take the reasonable inference that safeguarding in the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the Diocese of Meath is tokenistic.

So, for the second time I pose a very simple question: who has responsibility for safeguarding when it comes to Fr. Hildebrand Houser? Is that the Archdiocese of St. Louis or the Diocese of Meath?

Do you Bishop Deenihan, as the Ordinary of the Diocese of Meath accept that Fr. Hildebrand Houser, OSB who was ordained as a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis is currently residing and functioning as a priest at Silverstream Priory?

Do you accept that Silverstream Priory was canonically erected by your predecessor Bishop Michael Smith that it is located in the Diocese of Meath and that you are the Ordinary for the priests of the Priory and the ultimate superior for the monks?

Do you further accept the legal reality that Silverstream Priory, Stamullen, Co. Meath, K32 T189 is owned by St. Finian’s Trust, which has as its “primary object is to act as permanent trustee for the property and investments of every kind, owned by, held in trust for, or used in connection with the Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Meath”?

If so, why is the aforementioned Trust and its trustees permitting, Fr. Houser to function as a cleric in a property without proper canonical oversight and accountability?

I appreciate that with your PhD from the University of Hull, that you are not canonically or legally qualified, however, I do know that you have access to expensive lawyers. And they can advise you the merits and demerits of vicarious liability that could arise from any tortious act(s) on property owned by the Diocese of Meath. Of course, you will accept I hope that good legal advice in Ireland is very expensive.

Bishop Deenihan, again I wish to be unequivocally clear that I am not accusing Fr. Houser of any misconduct whatsoever but, I am very keen to ascertain who is canonically responsible for this cleric and his priestly ministry within your canonical territory.

Moreover, as I have been able to evidence in the past boy scouts were present at Silverstream Priory, hence my on-going queries in this regard are legitimate, reasonable and timely.

https://bishoppatbuckley.blog/2021/12/23/kirby-hosted-boy-scouts-at-silverstream/

On the homepage of Silverstream Priory, the “SAFEGUARDING” url links to the webpage: http://www.meathsafeguarding.ie, would you accept Bishop Deenihan that Silverstream sees the buck stopping with you?

For reasons that are self-evident, I would be grateful for an immediate acknowledgement of the present and clarification in which diocese is Fr. Houser incardinated as a cleric.

With prayerful best wishes,

+Pat Buckley

Cc:
Archbishop Rozanski, Ordinary, Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America.
Ms. Teresa Devlin, Chief Executive Officer, National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Ms. Marie O’Sullivan DLP and Ms. Marie Willoughby DLP, Safeguarding Officials, Diocese of Meath.
Ms. Sandra Price, Director of Safeguarding, Archdiocese of St. Louis.

Today, I have been told two new things with regards to Canon McCoy, the close friend of disgraced Bishop Robert Byrne, who appointed him Dean of H&N cathedral.

A ROMAN APPOINTMENT?

I have been told that the late  Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor offed McCoy a job in theRoman Curia as an official in the Congregation of Bishops.

McCoy declined the appointment. My informant said that Mc Coy was concerned that his “secrets” might get out?

AN ENGLISH BISHOPRIC?

I have also been told that Archbishop Malcolm Mc Mahon of Liverpool offered Mc Coy the position of auxiliary bishop of Liverpool and that Mc Coy again refused the offer.

Was Mc Coy again afraid that preferment might expose his active homosexuality and his penchant for inviting young men to gay sex parties?

MC COY ORGANISING PARTIES FOR YOUNG MALES AS A SCHOOL CHAPLAIN.

A young lady speaks about Mc Coy and his parties for teenage school boys.

“I am a former Catholic school girl, and Father Michael was our school’s priest. When I was 18/19 in about 2006/2007, I attended parties at his home in the parish (when he was at Our Lady Queen of Peace, Penshaw, Sunderland). The only reason I was there was because my boyfriend at the time and his friends were invited. There tended to be a group of young men who were included too – they will have been in my year, so in sixth form at the school at the time. The invitations were primarily extended to young men, and by default or association, young women might be there too. We were drinking, of course. “

Father Mc Coy had been involved in youth work for many years

The continuing stories and revelations about Canon Mc Coy……causing immense disquiet among the UK’s Catholic bishops and priests.…….as they contemplate where all this might eventually lead….. 😞

In the last few days, I have been contacted by a number of UK media and journalists with regard to the Bobby Byrne scandal in Hexham and Newcastle.

The story has hit the mainstream media, and a number of very capable hacks are digging and digging deep.

It seems to me that the scandal is set to deepen and draw in other senior and junior clerics.

Was the UK nuncio Gugerotti determined to have the episcopal heads of STEPHEN ROBSON of DUNKELD and ROBERT BYRNE of Hexham and Newcastle before he left The UK to take up a job in the Roman Curia?

They are both gone !!!

The relationship would see Keith “Bunny” O’Brien fulfil his promise to Stephen “Petal” Robson, to be the auxiliary bishop of Edinburgh.

Bunny O’Brien fulfilled his promises by making Stephen Petal Robson an auxiliary bishop, much to the annoyance of Mike Regan, the Cathedral Administrator. Mike was so annoyed by Bunny O’Brien’s broken promise of a bishopric that not only did he hide Petal’s crozier and mitre just before the ordination Mass but he was one of the four ex partners who brought Cardinal Bunny O’Brien down before Mike himself passed away of ………..

The minute O’Brien was exposed, Pettal Robson cut him off as quickly as Cushley was to banish Petal to Dunkeld at the first opportunity.

Robson became close to seminarian Christopher Morris, recently ordained by Bishop Holy Toaly for Motherwell.

Christopher Morris had been expelled from seminary , but Stephen Robson’s assistance finished his studies.

When Christopher Morris was in Oscott seminary, Bishop Robson visited him there.

On those visits, Robson stayed with Robert Byrne, who was the auxiliary bishop of Birmingham.

We have not heard the end of this saga.

It seems that there are wheels within wheels, and the English and Scottish bishops are preparing themselves for a lot more in-flight turbulence 😞

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2023/01/24/spiritans-told-abuse-survivor-74-they-would-deny-everything-and-get-him-for-costs/

A survivor of abuse at a school run by the Spiritan congregation in south Dublin was told they would deny all allegations against them, force the case to a higher court and “get him” for costs.

Dr John Connolly (74) says he went to the Spiritan congregation in recent years with allegations of his abuse as a child in 1958 by the late principal Fr Robert Stanley (“Stanno”) at their Willow Park school in Blackrock.

However, Dr Connolly ended up in the Round Hall of the Four Courts in Dublin where he was told “they would not only deny everything but force it to a higher court and get me for costs [range €40,000-€80,000].”

SPIRITANS PUT ON SHOW

https://www.irishtimes.com/video/video/2022/11/16/we-are-deeply-ashamed-spiritan-congregation-apologise-to-abuse-victims/

PAT SAYS

The RCC and its dioceses and religious are great at PR and pay expensive PR companies large sums of money to make them look good.

You can see this contrast today in how DR JOHN CONNOLLY was treated and the great SPIN in the video of the Irish Spiritan leader, Kelly.

When they get victims on their own, they threaten and bully them.

But when the TV cameras are rolling, they come across as sweet as grandma’s apple pie.

These people speak with forked tongue – and we know where the forked tongue originates.

Bishops and religious superiors re-abuse victims by their cover-up and by their bullying and threatening.

If they were men of God, they would reach for their prayer book and Bible when faced with suffering victims.

Instead, they google the most expensive lawyers to protect the millions in their coffers.

Does Jesus not say to them what he once said to Peter? “Get behind me Satan”.

I wonder how many little boys and girls the Spiritans and other Irish missionaries have raped and ravaged in Africa, Asia, and South America?

That Irish Missionary Paedophile Legacy is coming down the track!

Jesus wept !

FROM PADDY’S FACEBOOK

“In 2006, the diocese of Down and Connor made a very supportive statement in favour of Donaghy when the Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland decided not to prosecute him about James’ allegations.

“Fr John McManus, a spokesman for the Down and Connor Diocese, said Fr Donaghy had been through a very difficult time.

Fr Donaghy has been through a very difficult two years, years of emotional and spiritual upset,” he said.

“They have indeed been trying years for him. A heavy burden has been lifted off his shoulders.

“This has been a very difficult and demanding time for his family, his friends, his parishioners and his fellow priests. They will be more than relieved to know that no prosecution will take place.”

This must have broke James’ heart because it certainly broke mine. It would work out though because, eventually, Donaghy would be convicted of his crimes against me, James and Victim B.

I always wondered, after this very caring statement about Donaghy by Walsh through his stooge, Fr John McManus, why Donaghy wasn’t immediately reinstated as PP of Bangor.

Despite Walsh, Donaghy and their hangers on being “more than relieved to know that no prosecution will take place”, he was kept out of ministry.

I found out a few days ago that, also in 2006, the diocese received a complaint that Donaghy had repeatedly sexually abused a seven year old boy.

Read all about that here:
https://www.irishnews.com/news/2013/07/03/news/priest-preyed-on-victim-7-during-practice-confessions-63970/

This would seem to explain Walsh not returning him to public ministry, despite his desperate attempts to keep him in his positions in 2003 and 2004.

Walsh had complaints against Fr Filth since the late 90s and yet, when I complained I was told in 2003 that it “is your word against Fr Donaghy’s word”.

In 2006, Walsh was made aware of a seven year old boy’s abuse by his friend Donaghy. In 2011, when I and Victim B came before the courts seeking justice, Walsh’s big pal, Gemma Loughran, was the sitting judge.

She failed to declare her friend Walsh as a conflict of interest. She severed our cases against police and PPS advice and gave no explanation. She imposed a blackout on the media reporting.

Loughran was rumbled by the Chief Prosecutor and forced to step aside from Donaghy’s trial when he discovered her close ties with Walsh. This was a wilful attempt, by Loughran, to pervert the course of justice.

There needs to be a public inquiry into Loughran. What she attempted was an act of pure evil. Walsh also needs to be scrutinised. He knew about Donaghy since the late 90s and did nothing.

All of this is a monstrous outrage, a mockery of justice and of the Catholic Faith. Loughran is a reader and Eucharistic minister in a well known Belfast church. She shouldn’t be.

I have written to both Loughran and Walsh, in recent months, facing them with their malfeasance. Their response? No solicitor has contacted me warning me to “shut up or else”.

Their response? Not so much as a peep out of them. Total silence. Their refusal to respond speaks volumes. “The wicked are caught up in the snares they laid for innocent” (Psalm 10:2)”

PAT SAYS

Paddy McCafferty’s abuse by Donaghy has taken a huge toll on Paddy’s life and health.

The attempted cover up by Walsh. Mc Manus and Loughran was horrific and took a further toll on Paddy’s and the other victims.

I was drawn into the whole saga w en VICTIM B’s family approached me.

The family and the police had their first meeting at The Oratory.

It took us 10 years to get action.

But we got there in the end.

Another horrific example of what the RCC can do to victims, families, and even its own priests.

PAT SAYS

It is good to see that the massive  BISHOP ROBERT BYRNE that first saw the light of day on this Blog has now hit the mainstream media – and hit it with a BANG !

The media is anxious to point out that there is no suggestion that Byrne was at the sex party.

I would not be so sure.

My clerical friends in the UK tell me that Byrne would, in the past, at least, have had no problems attending very gay. “parties.”

I have no doubt whatever that  BOBBY BYRNE is a very close friend of our Dorothy’s. In fact, I would say he is the aboriginal friend of Dorothy.

He is also a member of the Oratory Congregation – a well-known religious refuge for odd, gay gentlemen.

His appointment as bishop of H&N was another nail in the coffin of papal infallibility.

He was made a bishop in the hysterical fog following the canonization of John Henry Newman.

Byrne should never have been a bishop.

He has no native intelligence, no sense of judgement, no presence, and no leadership qualities.

Now, he may very well find himself dismissed from the episcopal or even clerical state.

Robert – pride comes before a fall.

Dear Archbishop Rozanski,

My name is Bishop Pat Buckley. I am well-known in the Republic of Ireland for my blog. You will, of course, legitimately wonder why you are the recipient of the present? I will set out my reasons for writing, hereinafter.

In the first instance, I wish to make it unequivocally clear that I am NOT accusing Fr. Michael [in religious life, “Hildebrand] Houser — who was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri on May 24 2008 — of any misconduct, whatsoever. The only accusations that can be credibly levelled against Fr. Houser are those of naïveté and stupidity. Why do I make that observation? Fr. Houser decided to leave the Archdiocese of St. Louis to become a “monk” of Silverstream Priory, which is located in the County of Meath in the Republic of Ireland. The said Priory was founded by Fr. Mark Kirby.

Before, Fr. Kirby decided to reinvent himself as a conservative cleric devoted to the so-called “old mass”, he [Fr. Kirby] led a life of debauchery. And if those who are more knowledgeable in canon law than myself are to be believed, Fr. Kirby should be dismissed from the clerical state in light of his past behaviour.

Respectfully, I direct your attention to a letter written to the St. Joseph Young’s Priests Society, (a Dublin-based organisation that assists financially with the costs associated with priestly formation) by the former Ordinary of the Diocese of Meath, Bishop Michael Smith. The letter is dated July 24, 2017. The said letter was written five months after Silverstream was canonically erected as a priory of diocesan right. You will note that Bishop Smith, who holds a doctorate in Canon Law, confirms that the Priory “is of diocesan rite” with “three priests”. Importantly the letter records the following sentence: “Its priests are incardinated in to the Diocese” [of Meath].

At the time the letter was written, records indicate that the priests resident at Silverstream Priory were: the founder, Fr. Mark Kirby, Fr. Benedict Andersen, and Fr. Houser. From information available in the public domain, it is known that Fr. Houser made his simple monastic profession on August 6, 2018. Because, I started blogging about the scandals at Silverstream on my blog, I have reason to believe that Fr. Houser made solemn monastic profession in an understated way towards the latter end of 2021.

From a safeguarding perspective — who at this juncture is ultimately responsible for Fr. Houser?

At the time of his simple monastic profession at Silverstream Priory: was Fr. Houser incardinated in Archdiocese of St. Louis?

If that was the case, was Fr. Houser resident in the Diocese of Meath with the written permission of your predecessor, Archbishop R. Carlson? Did Archbishop Carlson envisage the return of Fr. Houser to the archdiocese if his quixotic pursuit of a “monastic vocation” at Silverstream did not work out?

Did the act of simple monastic profession canonically alter his relationship with the Archdiocese of St. Louis?

Alternatively, to pursue this vocation, did Fr. Houser formally sever his relationship with the Archdiocese of St. Louis? Was Fr. Houser by Decree incardinated into the Diocese of Meath by the then Ordinary, Bishop Michael Smith with the permission of Archbishop Carlson, when Fr. Houser’s application to become a monk of Silverstream Priory was accepted? Within the archives of the archdiocese, does a copy of that decree exist?

Is it possible that Bishop Michael Smith acted unilaterally and incardinated Fr. Houser into the Diocese of Meath without written permission of Archbishop Carlson and contrary to the dictates of canon law?

Because Silverstream Priory is an institute of diocesan right, it is incapable of incardinating clerics. Thus, at the time of this writing: is Fr. Houser a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, who received written permission to make solemn monastic profession at Silverstream Priory within the Diocese of Meath? Or is Fr. Houser a priest of the Diocese of Meath who has made solemn monastic profession in a monastery of diocesan right?

Again, I wish to be unequivocally clear, I am NOT accusing Fr. Houser of any misconduct civil or canonical. However, for the sake of the exposition within the present, if there was a safeguarding issue in the future: who is legally responsible for a tortious act(s) committed by Fr. Houser — the Diocese of Meath, or the Archdiocese of St. Louis, or both legal entities?

I would be grateful for a prompt acknowledgement of the present with answers to the questions posed herein.

Sincerely in Christ,

+Pat Buckley

PS: I will post a copy of this correspondence and you reply on my blog, because I believe on-going transparency is a necessity for the renewal of the Church in Ireland.

Cc:

Bishop Thomas Deenihan, Ordinary, Diocese of Meath.
Ms. Teresa Devlin, Chief Executive Officer, National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Ms. Marie O’Sullivan DLP and Ms. Marie Willoughby DLP, Safeguarding Officials, Diocese of Meath.
Ms. Sandra Price, Director of Safeguarding, Archdiocese of St. Louis.

ALSO

https://www.irishtimes.com/video/video/2022/11/16/blackrock-college-past-pupils-recount-experiences-of-abuse/

They were the respected teachers and priests who were secretly preying on young boys at schools run by the Spiritans order.

One priest who sexually abused pupils was praised as being someone who “got very close to children”, who “cared for problem students” and “threw himself wholeheartedly” into his work at Blackrock College, Dublin.

Fr Gerard Hannan, who died in 1990, sexually assaulted a student after taking him into his office under the pretence that he was concerned for his welfare.

Yet on his death he was praised as someone who acted as an “unofficial counsellor” and was “particularly caring for problem students, who found him very approachable and understanding”.

The late Fr Tom O’Byrne, Fr Senan Corry and Fr Patrick Aloysius Flood, who have been at the centre of multiple sexual abuse allegations, are also included in a book that pays tribute to late members of the order.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/revealed-the-respected-blackrock-college-abusers-who-preyed-on-children-42135763.html

PAT SAYS

The sexual abuse of boys at Blackrock College and in schools run by the Holy Ghost – now Spiritan Order – is as evil as you will find anywhere.

Another equal evil is the cover-up of this abuse by the Holy Ghost superiors.

And yet, this order is still allowed by the State to run schools.

And parents are still sending their children to these Spiritan schools?

Another sad example of the Catholic “turkeys” still voting for Christmas for them and their children!

PHONZIE CILLINAN is part of organising a gathering on January 28th for little girls aged 8 to 12 !

Don’t forget that this is the same Phonzie that is opposed to cervical cancer vaccinations for young girls.

This is the same Phonzie that tried to stop yoga.

And this is the same Phonzie who befriended and protected the gay sauna going Abbot Richard Purcell.

And this is the same Phonzie that bullied Fr Richard Geoghegan out of the priesthood.

PHONZIES ADD FOR 8 – 12 YEAR OLD GIRLS DAY

BEING RUN BY A WEIRD ORDER OF NUNS FONZIE HAS BROUGHT TO TIPPERARY

THE SISTERS OF THE HOME OF THE MOTHER

PAT SAYS

I don’t like this

THE DEFENCE OF MARYS VIRGINITY

THE CONQUEST OF YOUTH

After all the sexual allegations in Ireland and globally, I can not understand why any parents would trust their children to bishops, priests, and nuns

Do you really want your little girls and boys CONQUERED by bishops, priests, and nuns?

Do you really want Roman Catholic bishops, priests, and nuns forming or interfering in your children’s sexuality, sexual formation, and being brainwashed into the RC emphasis on VIRGINITY?

If I had a little girl or boy, I would let them go nowhere Phonzie or his weird nuns and brothers and his weird set up in Glencomeragh.

I would not send them to an RC run school.

And I would never let them near a Catholic church on their own.

Any parent handing their children to bishops, priests, or religious should be investigated by Child Services.

GEORGE PELL HAS BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE CONTROVERSIAL.

The decision to have him lie in state in the Cathedral in Sydney, have a Mass attended by thousands, and then buried in the Cathedral crypt on February 2nd seems to me to be unnecessarily insensitive to victims of clerical sexual abuse.

George Pell was not found INNOCENT by the Australian High Court.

His conviction was found to be UNSAFE.

Total innocence and an unsafe conviction are two very different things.

Pell admitted himself that he had failed victims as a bishop and archbishop.

But right-wing Catholics all over the world now want Pell to be regarded as a Saint and white martyr.

The truth is that Pell was a typical RC bishop – arrogant, self willed, in denial of truth, and probably absolutely cynical.

I think that, like Keith O’Brien, Pell should have had a private funeral and burial.

Now, Pell is being used by right-wing RC clerics and laity as a SAINT of the right – to promote the Latin Mass, to oppose the Francis Papacy, and to attack the Synodal Path and bring us all back to the 16th century.

I think it’s deeply worrying that a man who was accused of paedophilia and not found innocent by a jury of his peers should be hailed like this – especially when he covered up abuse.

It’s a perfect example of the craziness of the vicious war between the Catholic right and left.

GEORGEOUS GEORGE TO BE EVICTED

Pope Francis has told Benedict’s companion to move out of where he lived with Benedict by February 1st.

Some think that Francis is being very harsh.

I’m sure George is in mourning for Benedict. Maybe he should have been given a little more time?

But he is occupying a whole monastery on his own.

Maybe George should be given a sabbatical?

But he joined the priesthood to be a pastor.

After a break, perhaps it’s time he became a pastor and back in his native Germany?

The Archdiocese of Paderborn is vacant.