tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post2058580366502558845..comments2024-03-12T19:57:41.861+00:00Comments on THINKING CATHOLICISM: DECEIT AND COVER UPThinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-20677196700830781882017-01-22T14:46:56.720+00:002017-01-22T14:46:56.720+00:00Obviously has no backbone and I think you were tre...Obviously has no backbone and I think you were treated horribly. I've never spoken to him but would agree that he seems to court media attention, which last year backfired on him here. I would also question his friendship with another dubious local character, dismissed from Thurles after giving the 'come on' to an electrician.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-9357246494911235912017-01-22T14:44:03.156+00:002017-01-22T14:44:03.156+00:00Grand. Don't say you weren't warned.....Grand. Don't say you weren't warned.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-13695309459426081462017-01-22T14:20:58.122+00:002017-01-22T14:20:58.122+00:00No blind eye. If you have something to say, let&#...No blind eye. If you have something to say, let's be having it. If on the other hand you are alleging that someone was active before seminary, then unless it was criminal, from the Catholic point of view it is no big deal. You seem to be saying that because he is allegedly gay, he in unable to keep chastity, and will offend in the future - which really amounts to bigotry and homophobia. So if you are really a concerned Catholic, I would focus a bit more on mercy, compassion and avoiding idle gossip rather than behaving like someone who is without sin and who has never known the mercy of God. If you have real concerns, address them through the proper channels, rather than posting queeny comments in a public forum. Until we have something more substantial, this is really just a collection of offensive posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-18374451869279661212017-01-22T14:11:42.720+00:002017-01-22T14:11:42.720+00:00Blind eye so then! Not an ex-lover I assure you. P...Blind eye so then! Not an ex-lover I assure you. Practice what YOU preach & don't make assumptions yourself!! I'm just a concerned catholic with no agenda other than flagging something no doubt to surface post-ordination. Always does in the end! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-20010579073068640352017-01-22T13:44:57.572+00:002017-01-22T13:44:57.572+00:00Look it's like this - if he is a seminarian an...Look it's like this - if he is a seminarian and sexually active, fair enough. If he is abusing celibate seminarians, fair enough. If tendencies are deep-seated in the sense that his alleged homosexuality is such that it colours his judgment fair enough. But if the only point being raised here is that there was alleged sexual activity before he entered the seminary, then this is a breach of his right to a private life. If he has done nothing while in the seminary, he is entitled to privacy. Very few seminarians in any part of the world are virgins, so I don't see any big deal. I have to say I am disappointed that this sort of thing is being published. From what you are telling us, there's no double life going on - the fact that you find him 'secretive about his affairs' can be translated as "I have no information about anything". Maybe you are an ex-lover jilted in favour of the seminary?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-70184834607873065102017-01-22T12:37:42.689+00:002017-01-22T12:37:42.689+00:00I know him enough to know he's very very secre...I know him enough to know he's very very secretive about his affairs... They fall over him at the Irish College - some lust him in fact - & not just seminarians! Parishioners are entitled to know the mindset of those eventually to be entrusted to their spiritual care. No time for deviousness or deep seated homosexual tendencies that eventually come out when it's all too late causing serious damage to the credibility of the church.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-3142349640323262712017-01-22T09:07:08.736+00:002017-01-22T09:07:08.736+00:00In what way is that a double life Pat? Surely thi...In what way is that a double life Pat? Surely this was before seminary and a man is entitled to the benefit of the doubt? Or no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-78458412239255231492017-01-21T23:48:42.556+00:002017-01-21T23:48:42.556+00:00When one looks at the caliper of Amy's seminar...When one looks at the caliper of Amy's seminarians, it speaks volumes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-22002954053292693892017-01-21T23:46:44.488+00:002017-01-21T23:46:44.488+00:00Stephanie and Christina McDermott were a dangerous...Stephanie and Christina McDermott were a dangerous teamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-74492170690172515722017-01-21T23:41:34.624+00:002017-01-21T23:41:34.624+00:00Are you for real?? She is one dangerous person. Sh...Are you for real?? She is one dangerous person. She is in and out of Collins office reporting everything like a proper little teachers pet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-47516529675505723352017-01-21T23:35:51.664+00:002017-01-21T23:35:51.664+00:00Poster from yesterday 15:59 was used as a scapegoa...Poster from yesterday 15:59 was used as a scapegoat to hide a fellow seminarian's affair with a lay student. Would I be right in saying this man was ordained within the last ten years and Pat had a blog on him a couple of months back?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-66237784228178600752017-01-21T23:35:35.611+00:002017-01-21T23:35:35.611+00:00Pat, that is a disgraceful comment from you.Pat, that is a disgraceful comment from you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-49974355693479835952017-01-21T23:33:35.632+00:002017-01-21T23:33:35.632+00:00So, guilty by association on Facebook. If that'...So, guilty by association on Facebook. If that's the level of your comments, you have scraped the bottom of the barrel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-67652206114443404342017-01-21T23:31:21.684+00:002017-01-21T23:31:21.684+00:00I see nothing wrong with gay seminarians or priest...I see nothing wrong with gay seminarians or priests who practice what they preach and do not target other seminarians for abuse.<br /><br />If you want to be an RC seminarian or priest you must accept what you stand for.<br /><br />Double lives are hypocritical.Thinking Catholicismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-51649845092199874642017-01-21T23:30:15.499+00:002017-01-21T23:30:15.499+00:00Except that one of his disastrous actions hit the ...Except that one of his disastrous actions hit the headlines: <br /><br />http://michaelcommane.blogspot.ie/2015/08/terence-crotty-homosexual-story-back-in.html<br /><br />Shades of Cardinal Keith O'Brien.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-81108165377585370162017-01-21T23:26:25.402+00:002017-01-21T23:26:25.402+00:00@23:13 and so what if he did? It is not your busi...@23:13 and so what if he did? It is not your business and what he might or might not have done before he entered the seminary is irrelevant. On your way of thinking, you would have barred St Augustine. Pat, why are you allowing this to be published? Can we now assume that your target now is gay seminarians in general, rather than offenders in seminary or the priesthood? Because by permitting the comment above that is the message you are endorsing. Could you clarify or shall we just make that assumption?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-64049353862705014352017-01-21T23:26:03.745+00:002017-01-21T23:26:03.745+00:00The mention of Long Corridor reminds me that it wa...The mention of Long Corridor reminds me that it was converted to become the Trocaire head office. It would be very interesting to find out if the college or the episcopal conference makes Trocaire pay rent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-24971921715418848512017-01-21T23:21:44.913+00:002017-01-21T23:21:44.913+00:00I was in Long Corridor in 1986 and you did not &qu...I was in Long Corridor in 1986 and you did not "visit" me #sadface. Hard to comprehend that the number of first years in 1986 was 84, which is more than the entire college now, plus there were first years also enter the six or so other seminaries that were still open then. In fact, there were so many first years that we had to share bedrooms. The junior dean, Fr Frank Duhig was not happy about that at all. He tried unsucessfully to get Humanity House returned to it's former use as seminary accommodation, but it had been turned into staff offices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-14775893300258059362017-01-21T23:20:38.039+00:002017-01-21T23:20:38.039+00:00perfect. I;ll have the kettle boiled perfect. I;ll have the kettle boiled Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-46322537183721384782017-01-21T23:17:39.676+00:002017-01-21T23:17:39.676+00:00Something similar was said of Jesus of Nazareth. A...Something similar was said of Jesus of Nazareth. At least the source of one such comment, Nathaniel, wasn't hiding behind an anonymous tag. It's not our past that is of concern but our present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-81146889675534742512017-01-21T23:14:13.819+00:002017-01-21T23:14:13.819+00:00Just me.Just me.Thinking Catholicismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-64472448381521314532017-01-21T23:13:55.096+00:002017-01-21T23:13:55.096+00:00Dunno about Rome/Maynooth - but he certainly slept...Dunno about Rome/Maynooth - but he certainly slept around (with guys, of course) including with an acquaintance of mine before he entered, who's stories of him sickened me! Hard to stop when you've had a taste for it! But he could be 'cured' now I guess (lol). As I said - ticking time bombs! Maybe the hairdresser emeritus will fix him in Rome (lol & more lol).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-5639859307747639702017-01-21T23:13:52.111+00:002017-01-21T23:13:52.111+00:00That is not my experience of Stephen. That is not my experience of Stephen. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-7198894668859678862017-01-21T23:11:28.232+00:002017-01-21T23:11:28.232+00:00Pat, you say you have limited resources. Do you h...Pat, you say you have limited resources. Do you have any staff or help in relation to the blog. Is there an editorial team or is it just You?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-36152313937352192622017-01-21T23:10:01.523+00:002017-01-21T23:10:01.523+00:00Timmo will get Clogher. It won't be filled for...Timmo will get Clogher. It won't be filled for at least a year or two so I bet he'll be appointed just after the August 2018 World Meeting of Families. Poor Clogher......it doesn't need Tim Bartlett!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com