PRIEST ACCUSES ARCHBISHOP MARTIN OF HAVING USED A RENT BOY

DIARMUID MARTIN

A SITTING PARISH PRIEST - FATHER BILL MULVIHILL OF MONASTERBOICE HAS CLAIMED THAT DIARMUID MARTIN ENGAGED THE SERVICES OF A RENT BOY IN FLORENCE, ITALY!

BILL MULVIHILL

Father Mulvihill submitted the following to the blog:

"It has always been recounted by Paul Taylor who was with him that the present Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Martin in his late twenties engaged on this particular day the services of a rent boy in Florence, Italy. Martin did not give as Taylor would say " enough money to the Trick" so the rent boy took his wallet and Alpha Romeo car. It was always told in Melbourne, sometimes in the company of Paddy Monahan and Werner Utri. In Ireland, I heard it many times in the company of Taylor, Paddy Monahan, Paddy Moran and Seamus O Brian. There is a similar story about a pier in DunLerry, A Bootertown priest ( then Cong ), a court sitting in Dublin, the rent boy....was charged not for what had happened but for interfering with a priest saying his Breviary...and was accused of assaulting the priest...Oh, Holy Prelates and Holy Ireland And Hedonistic Florence ( And Rome). Published early for safety reason.. "

Of course, I felt obliged to put the accusation to Diarmuid Martin and give him the right of reply, which is the normal practice.

I wrote:

"Dear Diarmuid,

Fr. Bill Mulvihill has submitted the enclosed comment for publication on my blog:

COMMENT AS ABOVE

I wanted to ask you for your response.

Pat"

Diarmuid Martin responded:

"Story absolutely untrue.  Only source clerical gossip.  Have you spoken with Paul Taylor"?

FATHER PAUL TAYLOR:

PAUL TAYLOR

I was not sure if Paul Taylor would speak to me in spite of the fact that we had been seminarians together in the early 1970s. So I sent this to Diarmuid Martin:

"Diarmuid, I do want to talk to Paul Taylor. Could you get him to call me or ask him to be amenable to a call from me? I need his number and here is mine, 0044 7488 374364. 

Pat.

I heard nothing more and later, after Mass, I telephoned Father Paul Taylor who is the parish priest of Celbridge in Co. Kildare.

I was put through to his answering machine and I left him a message telling him what I wanted to speak to him about and to date, he never got back to me.

FATHER PADDY MONAHAN

One of the other priests mentioned by Father Bill was Fr. Paddy Monahan of Dublin who is now retired and who was actually a classmate of mine on Clonliffe Seminary.

PADDY MONAHAN (left) AND MYSELF SEPTEMBER 1970

When I told Father Bill had denied his accusation Bill said:

"All he can do as they all do is deny deny deny. The story is hermetically sealed. Thank you for the copy. Time to bring down the house…and all the blog has been skirting round…rotten to the core".


PAT SAYS:

Bill's allegation against Diarmuid Martin is a very serious allegation and Bill insists that what he says is true.

Diarmuid Martin insists that it is clerical gossip.

Bill says he has further stories about Diarmuid.

I think it puts another cloud over World Meeting of Families 2018.

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JESUS WEPT