ANOTHER SENIOR ARMAGH PRIEST HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF LOOKING FOR OLDER MEN ON GRINDR!
The priest flatly denies the allegations.
The priest has been accused of meeting men in the car park of the Lidl store in Dundalk in County Louth which is besides a wooded area known as St. Helenas Park.
A man who claims he met the priest on Grindr says:
"He is a priest who frequents Grindr and who " likes the more mature man" as is his profile trademark.
He lives in the Xxxxxxx area. He likes to arrange a meeting with mature men and always suggests the car park of Lidl at St. Helena's Park in the town. I know he physically turns up at Lidl but in disguise. I know this as I've changed my profile on Grindr to find out who this time waster is.
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| THE LIDL CARPARK WHERE ALLEGED MEETINGS TOO PLACE |
He comes across as being very understanding and " do keep in touch" attitude, nice and understanding. Except he's far from it.
Ordinarily, I don't out people but his guy is such a time waster and con artist. The "genuine" sort, except he's far from it".
I informed Eamon Martin of the matter yesterday morning at 9am:
Dear Eamon,
I have had another report of one of your fairly senior priests been active on the gay sex application GRINDR.
He is Father Xxx xxx Xxxxx.
He allegedly meets men in the car Park of the Lidl store at St. Helena's Park.
He looks for mature men.
I enclose a picture of his GRINDR profile.
Are you aware that there is a widespread network of actively gay priests and seminarians in Armagh?
Are you doing anything about it?
With all due respect, giving big speeches at synods is fine - but what of all the shenanigans in the diocese?
Please let me know you are acting on this gay network.
Sincerely
Pat
I gave the priest a call yesterday in his presbytery to put the accusation to him and when I found he was not at home left a message.
Later yesterday I had an email from the priest:
Dear Pat,
I have received your voice message of this morning and I have spoken to my Archbishop.
This matter is causing me great distress and I completely deny these malicious and defamatory accusations.
I intend to seek immediate legal advice and to report this matter to the police for investigation.
Yours sincerely,
Xxxx Wxxxxx
I replied:
I replied:
Dear Xxxxxx
Thank you for your reply.
I am putting your denial to he who has accused you.
Pat
I have sent the denial to the man making the allegations.
PAT SAYS:
A couple of weeks ago in Rome, Eamon Martin stood up at the synod and told his fellow bishops from around the world that they should not be afraid to stand up for traditional Catholic teaching in public.
Is Eamon standing up for that teaching in his own diocese and among his own priests?
We have had a succession of Armagh priests on Grindr and showing their genitalia on the internet.
And what has Eamon done - apart from sending them for "treatment" for a few months in the US?
I have also made him aware of the seminarian/priest gay network in Armagh.
Again I can see no signs of anything being done!
Is Amy ALL CACKLE AND NO EGG?
Recognise the Grindr profile. Can't say there's anything too unique or anything. Grindr and the Boilerhouse are full of priests.
ReplyDeleteSeems like the guy who reported it had unrealistic unexpectations of what would come from a car park hookup.
Why do 'ordinary' RCs, like the blog clown and retard Barking Hellarmine, continue to express loyalty to these clerical'caca'?
ReplyDeleteBecause Barking Hellarmine doesn't know any better. 😅
But Magna darling, their loyal support is so far reduced that they have to pick up young men at Lidl! Surely that is a sign that your policy of not giving them money is paying off?
DeleteI always go to Waitrose myself.
Mad Mgna Caca at 01:03!!!
DeletePolly, why do you? the drunken auld pedant and cretin of the blog, always have to insult me, as usual in the early hours of the morning when you're full of the gargle. Your hatred of me is quite concerning, was it something I said? We are not ordinary Catholics as you say, we are "The Faithful" who despite all the appalling things we read on this blog from evil apostates like you, hold firm to the teaching of The Holy Church. We I assure you want rid of all these dreadful priests who do not live up to their vows and who live a disgusting lifestyle like you. We pay no attention to disciples of satin such as you who are on the road to perdition, very soon I hope. Evviva Maria!
13:20; Charming....!
DeleteAnd who prey are the disciples of satin?
Now, you should know who they are :-)
DeleteAnonymous at 13:36
DeleteYes Charming indeed just as charming as the comment I was answering. I note you say nothing about that!
The disciples of satin are obvious Magna Caca and her cohorts. Evviva Maria!
@13:20;
DeleteWas that a Freudian slip Bella?
Patsy at 13:41
DeleteExactly Patsy, send him a mirror.
Evviva Maria!
Anonymous at 14:03
DeleteNot at all, it was about you, whoever you are.
Evviva Maria!
Bella, Bella, Bella,.... you are being so so silly.��
DeleteAnonymous at 14:39
DeletePolly,Polly,Polly,....so are you.!!
Evviva Maria!
Bella, the problem isn’t the teaching of the Church but the gross hypocrisy of so many clergy that goes up to the top of the hierarchy. A significant number don’t practice what the Church teaches and the hierarchy have covered up criminality of clergy for generations. The clerical fraternity and culture has taken precedence over the gospel, sadly.
DeleteThis latest Armagh scandal couldn’t come at a worse or more inopportune moment; and it will be a terrible further embarrassment, just as the announcement was about to be made, on Friday at 11:00am, of the appointment, by Pope Francis, of the Very Reverend Timothy Bartlett, as Auxiliary Bishop, to the Archbishop of Armagh.
ReplyDeleteThe announcement will have be postponed by the Holy See yet again. This is appallingly unfair to Fr Bartlett and his brother priests, in Down and Connor and Armagh.
Indeed, the presbyterates of Down and Connor and Armagh, collectively, view Dr Bartlett’s elevation to the episcopate as a true sign of hope and new life for the Irish Church, that a new Springtime of grace and favor is about to commence.
In particular, Cardinal Sean will be devastated as he makes no secret of his desire, before the Lord calls him to his eternal reward, to see Fr Tim settled down - and in - as a Bishop.
One can only hope that this further delay will be broken to His Eminence very gently.
Yet again, this bothersome blog and its author serves to wreak havoc in the lives of good men and true like Bishop Tim and to prevent God’s Holy Will from being carried out to the letter.
I hope you are proud of yourself, Pat Buckley.
I'm told that some of the bishops are blaming Timmy for not covering the cost of the papal visit.
DeleteThey are millions in debt and going to have another national collection.
@3:26; What a load of cobblers!
DeleteThe stuff of clerical nightmares or what...?
@:3:26; These individuals couldn’t give moral advice or guidance to a muppet at this stage and they think it’s business as usual. Unreal!
DeleteMc Garry in the IT on Tuesday took a good swipe at bishops and clergy for their “simmering resentment” around the “negativity” in the media, at the time of the Pope’s visit. Another case of “shoot the messenger”. Will they ever learn?
DeleteBasically, the Pope’s visit was not a success. It must be very embarrassing for them to have to organise this further collection to defray costs and debts.
Bartlett has dropped out of sight since the visit. Maybe he’s on another sabbatical? What does that fellow do all day, one wonders, when there are no papal visits to be badly organised?
@ 03:26 - Hilarious Lol
The papal visit was a flop because the Irish people are fast losing interest in an institution that harassed the country for decades and centuries.
DeleteThrough the continual outpouring of the scandals the RC institution is an emperor with no clothes allowing us all to see the ugliness for ourselves.
Why would any right thinking person waster their time and money going to watch their parades?
@3:26; Was it Gods Holy will....to the letter....for children to be sexually abused, for such crimes to be covered up and for the Gospel to be discredited? Honestly, the denial of some of these people is sickening. Spend some time outside the clerical circles in the real world.
DeleteYou were happy to attend their "parades" in the past you Fucking hypocrite Buckley.
DeleteDid I say something to upset you Duckie?
DeleteI stopped attending their parades when the scales fell from my eyes.
The soutane brigade are out in force today, flapping their skirts! Not happy campers...eh! Maybe there’s more grindrs to be discovered!
Delete@12:48, calm down luv. The 03:26 poster is poking fun. You don’t get irony do you?
Delete@14:57; The problem with a substantial number of clerics is they speak with forked tongue...luv!
DeleteHi yup. I always thought a grinder was a yoke for making fresh coffee. If this allegation is true fair enough. If not the boyo that made it needs to be challenged.
ReplyDeletePat, you should seek absolute clarification to validate any such claim and accusation as made through an email. What about your own life in the past when you sought company in similar ways? I think you are being very vindictive. TRUTH is always important but without due process of validation, innuendo, gossip, hearsay and anti clerical vengance are not ever acceptable.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what bishops said when they received reports of a priest abusing children.
DeleteYour excusing rhetoric is part of the culture of denial and deflection within the Church.
When I receive a complaint/report I pass it on for investigation.
Yes Pat you pass it on for investigation and rightly so. But you don't stop there. Inevitably, you then post it on this public blog and invite, encourage and relish all kinds of comments, misinformation, lies, innuendo, etc. What you do is far from right.
DeleteWhile you would prefer to keep it all quiet and "in house".
DeleteThat's how we got to where we are.
What evidence do you have that I would prefer to keep it quiet and in-house as you say? You don't know me. If you did, you would realise how wrong you are.
DeleteYou seem overly eager to rush to publish any material you can find that would hurt others and not give time and space for an investigation to be carried out of these matters . You often say "all will be revealed in time" or "in all due time" and yet you don't afford others that allowance. By all means, report back if nothing seems to be dido. But you can't do that. Your vindictiveness, self-absorption and malevolent ego won't let you.
Remember, Bp Pat, +Amy said: “the church should clearly and fearlessly present a message that goes against the grain.”
DeleteThat is a two-way street, Bp Pat, so don’t spare the archbishop’s blushes and let us know more details of the alleged priest’s Grindr profile, e.g., was there a face pic, or just his shirt tail pulled up both sides?
I bet most of the anonymous posters here have also posted on Grindr....
Delete09.03: Pat, you should seriously look into your own heart and conscience. Seriously. Your vengeful vindictiveness has no place in keeping the memory of Christ Sacred. When your own life is clean, pure and truly blessed, as in the gospel vision, you may then be able to hold your life up as a guiding light! We should always aspire to truth and justice but not through vindictiveness and vengance.
ReplyDeleteOne does not have to be a saint to recognise and point out corruption.
DeleteYou are an excuser and a cover up agent?
Pat, just because someone disagrees with you is not grounds for you to start calling them names or accusing them. A number of times you call people out as enablers, excuses etc. Can't you just reply reasonably to a reasonable criticism of you and your methods?
Delete09.47: Pat doesn't understand the meaning of "conscience" as he sneers at and dismisses all who clearly have a different attitude. If people express disapproval of his mean spirited, judgmental, vengeful and wrong analysis, he responds by labelling us as enablers. He forgets he once had a not so glorious past!! Conveniently.
DeleteYes, we must definitely hush it up then if it explodes in our faces, it's all Pat Buckley's fault for not dealing with it appropriately.
ReplyDeleteYou should be ashamed of yourself, Pat. And you know you will get a full and frank reply from His Grace when he's investigated.
I'm off to Lidl for some... shopping.
Let me know if you see a man in the car park with a black wooly hat, a cerise scarf and sunglasses.
DeleteBe careful of him if you're over 50.
Hi Pat remember gorgeous was after 90 year olds loool
DeleteLol the only other time I've heard a garment described as 'cerise', it was Dame Hilda Bracket who was describing it!
DeleteBuckley @10.04 Did this Priest turn up in hat, scarf and sunglasses during the warm summer period. Could you answer that one?
DeleteI can't tell you that as I have never been in the Dundalk Lidl.
DeleteBp. Pat; Me thinks the clerics protest too much...!
DeleteAh Pat the lad making the complaint thought he was getting into a meaningful relationship instead he got a quick shag behind the Lidl car park and was ghosted that's all. He was a consenting adult.
ReplyDelete@9:43; I won’t be paying a penny to fund the lifestyles of hypocritical clergy in future. The Gospel has been dragged into the gutter by people in the clerical fraternity who have lost the plot...that’s if they ever knew the plot... because seminary’s seem to have been breeding grounds for corruption among a substantial number of clergy.
DeleteKeep the few pennies you put on the plate, they won't be missed you auld hypocrite. Buy a Mars Bar instead.
DeleteI won’t be contributing towards the lifestyles of hypocrisy and immortality some clerics seem to revel in and believe it acceptable behavior for individuals claiming to be ‘another Christ’!
DeleteRegarding your post on Brexit yesterday Pat who is going to replace the single farm payments that NI farmers receive from the EU? Certainly not the UK govt who already pump 11 billion into NI annually. Don't be a turkey voting for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteSurely, Bp Pat, if the story is untrue, the priest would just laugh and ask to meet the mo making the accusation, instead of going running to +Amy like the creep he probably is.
ReplyDeleteIs it true that Brendan Marshall has left Maynooth? On his Twitter account profile he now calls himself a "trainee journalist"
ReplyDeleteBut, seriously, Bp Pat, what can that drip +Amy do about it really, except send him on an all-expenses-paid trip to America, and then add his name to the waiting list for Clogherhead parish upon his return.
ReplyDeleteThe priest in his email to me gives the impression that he has Amy's full support?
DeleteFor example, supporting another's bad habits by staying silent.
Delete12.04: "Gives the impression..." The kind of phrase that has destroyed the reputation of others but you, Buckley couldn't give a s***e. Hearsay, innuendo, gossip. You glory in the graphic descriptions of the sexual life of others. Jesus would have a word of caution against you Pat if you truly listened to him. (And also for all who fail to live the gospel they proclaim). You are proving the trailer trash aspect of your life.
DeleteAnother 'Cock & Buckley' bull story with no substance other than Wee Jamie McConnell on a fantasy dream with Pat no common sense to work things out!
ReplyDeleteI'm gay and proud, you bring shame on my sexual orientation!
Cock yes. Bull, don't know :-)
DeleteI'm gay too but I'm not PROUD about it.
It's just me. No big deal.
Only people with some hang up are proud of something usual and natural.
You could always start shopping at Lidl in Dundalk :-)
"No big deal" -- so why rant and rave about Grindr and urge your groupies to go spying for a man in a cerise outfit who may be up to naughtiness in the park and make any encounter between two men, even a harmless vacation between two priests, a topic of lurid titillation? Sounds like all this is a very big deal for you.
Delete"ACCUSED PRIEST" HAS JUST TAKEN DOWN HIS GRINDR PROFILE
ReplyDelete+Pat
Isn't it noteworthy the said profile has been taken down. If it's not who I allege it is ....how come this person just happened to know to take it down just right at this poignant time.
Pat, this guy became active on grindr about two years ago when he was posted locally. Co-incidence, I think not.
I don't make spurious claims against innocent people. Why would I just happen to pick on him!
His smarmy attitude of quasi caring and keeping in touch reeks of fake. He's able to meet daytime when it suits him. If he was working he couldn't be free at short notice. I told him on grindr how dare he waste my time. Methinks he gets off on arranging to meet and them at last minute conscience kicks in. Yes, there are many gay active priests who are homophobic yet gay sexually active.
I stand by my claim.
Best wishes
Xxxxxx
Yes it is strange that the profile has been taken down.
DeleteWhy would someone else remove their profile because a priest has been accused?
He is probably acting on church advice.
"Take it down and deny everything"
Anyway we have a picture of the profile and the age of the owner.
And the profile went up when he arrived in the area.
PS: Someone else may know him and get in touch.
DeleteI have never read such utter nonsense. You have no proof of anything have you? Why would you plead for people to give you more info? You are just scum, vermin and trash. You pleasing for more gossip just sums you up. Despicable excrement you are.
DeleteOh Dear!
DeleteHave we given poor Father a spot of indigestion?
in the past there was the blackthorn stick for boys and girls making out in the bushes, and men making out would go to squalid lavatories -- Bishop Pat, true to that noble tradition, spies on men in parks and encourages vitriolic homophobia. His informant is scik too.
DeleteThe boys and girls in the ditches didn't have promises and vows of celibacy and chastity.
DeleteNor did they preach about the 6th and the 9th when they mounted pulpits.
You also took "vows of celibacy and chastity" and you go on much more about a very rigid idea of the 6th and 9th than any preacher I've heard for a long, long time... So look at the beam, not the mote.
DeleteAs a parishioner in a Louth parish I am aware of this situation and there is a lot of local talk. It is a multilayered problem and not just black and white.
ReplyDeleteAs some will know, GRINDR is a location based app.
ReplyDeleteI saw this profile and it led me to a priest's house
12.37 & 12.44 same person. What total crap. Do you think we are idiots reading this shite.
DeleteI have the car make and reg number :-)
Delete@13.09 Of course you do dear, we all believe you. Lol.
Delete@15:35; Whose ‘we’...how many are included... dear...? Why get your undies in such a twist boys...something to fear?
DeleteDid I see Eamon Martin in Dundalk this morning? Does he drive a volkswagen?
ReplyDeleteThere is an article in America Magazine saying the Vatican knew about Cardinal Mccarrick in 2000.
ReplyDelete"CHANGE YOUR CAR FATHER"
ReplyDeleteWhen the RUC reported a D&C priest to Cahal Daly for being in a gay cruising area in Belfast, Daly sent for the priest and advised him:
"Change your car, Father".
Story reflects poorly on the RUC and well on Bp Daly.
DeleteI can see you are a Unionist and a Protestant :-)
DeleteAnecdotes and facts are two different things. If you can supply verifiable evidence that this exchange occurred between the RUC and Daly that would be one thing, but like many/most of your anecdotes, it's very conveniently unverifiable.
DeleteBp. Pat; Me thinks the clerics protest too much...!
ReplyDeleteYou are right.
DeleteAll the Armagh girls are in a scrum today trying to protect their own.
Multiple phone calls and lots of little lunches here and there.
It makes me wonder how many of these lads in the clergy have grindr profiles. One would think they’d be little or no need to defend to such an extent if it was a minor issue and few clergy numerically were grindrs.
DeleteBut the lads are out in force today!
Boys, keep your soutanes buttoned up...!
so now gays are "girls"?
DeleteGays always referred to themselves as "gurls".
DeleteGrindr... rather quaint and old-fashioned.
ReplyDeleteWhat’s new then...?
DeleteChristianMingle and Squirt are relatively new.
DeleteThe clerical boys or ‘gurls’ will be checking those out pronto if they haven’t already!
Deletearchdiocese of Glasgow has many sexually active gay priests. Some are shaking in their boots in case your Scottish correspondents name and shame them Pat.
ReplyDelete@13:56; The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom...not the fear of Bishop Pats blog. It seems to me from posts on this blog that a lot of the sexually active clerics commit the sin of presumption.
DeleteJust sayin like...!
Am hearing the owner of the account was threatened with legal action for putting up a photo that wasn't him and deleted it shortly after
ReplyDeleteWas it above or below waist?
DeleteThis is all so old hat. How many times have we heard about this kind of carry on ? It's what we have come to expect from so many priests. Living double lives. Carrying on scurrying around in bushes and woods. Heading off to the sauna. And Grindr. It simply does not shock anymore, and is what I by and large expect of clergy behaviour. What does that say ?
ReplyDeleteAnd I suspect / know that bishops know that this is going on, but they too have just come to expect it as par for the course with many of their clergy. If they take them to task, they risk losing a priest, and that presents them with a bigger problem of manpower. So, like me, they just put up with it. I imagine + Martin of Armagh will just have yawned when he was told about this particular Lidl car park priest !
If you really want to exercise your minds over something very serious, keep in touch with the IICSA sessions that will be taking place next week. I think there is going to be all sorts of dirty linen being washed in public. Have a look at the stuff about the Benedictine schools in England. It was bad, shocking. This stuff continues to undermine the credibility and integrity of the Church leadership. The Lidl car park / Grindr priest may be a bit of a diversion and fun to read about but the IICSA stuff is deadly and existential.
All part of the same problem(s).
ReplyDeleteGrindr episode is it in micro.
You thrive on reaction Buckley, as my late father used to say "You're a good for nothing useless B.....d".
ReplyDelete@ 15:12; Are you sure you’re not projecting yourself?
DeleteYour pure filth Buckley. Should have been dipped in acid at birth.
ReplyDeleteOh Dear!
DeleteWe have upset your Apple cart today, Duckie.
It has brought the real you out :-)
These kind of individuals are bringing the Church and Priesthood into disrupt worldwide. Has the 10 commandments become 9 and the 6th commandment dropped? Seems to be the case with a lot of the clergy,who have become armchair papas.
DeletePat Mullaney said he met you in a ALDI car park last week but he said you were just doing your shopping so she did.
ReplyDeleteI think you are confusing Pat Mullaney with god!
DeletePat, you carry on, love. When you get reactions like this it shows you're exposing an ongoing problem that clerics would like covered up.
ReplyDeleteThat said I agree with comments above that your Lidl Grindr priest is the microcosm and the stuff which will come out in the IICSA hearings is the bigger representation of the problem.
I say representation of the problem because the problem is actually that these people don't really believe the faith they profess.
That's the problem. I seem to remember the Catholic faith requires chastity for everyone, married or single.
"chastity" is a word I hear only homo-haters using these days
DeleteFar too many clerics are not living the Gospel but are willing to live off the Gospel. It’s seems to me to be used as a pretext for all sorts.
DeleteThe core of the Gospel is charity and look at some of the appalling comments on this blog from some of these boyos! A lot of these lads aren’t fit to be near a pulpit not to mentioned offering the sacrifice of the Mass!
@18:12 well not only homo-haters. I'm no longer Catholic and am a homo!
DeleteMy comments point remains that the Catholic faith requires chastity of everyone whether married or not. I don't think this has changed, even if it's not what I believe or live lol.
You wouldn't expect a lawyer to decide that some part of the law was just wrong, would you?
@18:12; Are you suggesting the 6th commandment has been dropped! What did Christ tell the woman who was caught in adultery in St. John’s godpel; ...’go and sin no more’.
DeleteSo chastity has no place in Christianity according to you and is gay hate language?
Here’s a little bit of news for you...neither the world nor Christianity revolves around homosexuals!
"@18:12 well not only homo-haters. I'm no longer Catholic and am a homo!"
DeleteI wonder if you sexual partner(s) have the same sense of disappointment as the nut that Pat has given a platform to. A gay guy who rabbits on about chastity is hardly the most promising lover. He is a self-hating time-waster.
Dr Taylor Marshall and Timothy Gordon from the US discuss the Lavender Mafia and the gay infested Irish church. Big shout out to the gay LM! You are doing the politburo proud!
ReplyDeletehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h4TkIjrhxyw
Amy is all false image. I have written to him several times in his capacity as head of the trustees of Maynooth. He does not respond.
ReplyDeleteAmy is fake, fake, fake. Another man using the priesthood for a comfy life. Shame on him.
Isn't it strange and curious, begging many questions, that when this blog attempts to be reflective about spiritual, social, moral and religious faith topics, it gets a paltry response, but when topics of a sexual nature are aired, the numbers rises fast. I wonder why! There are many who just love the deviancy of sexually active men, be they gay, bi, married, cleric or whatever. Seems there are lots of unfulfilled people out there who need Pat to juice up their sex! He rarely fails.
ReplyDelete@19: 38; The hypocrisy of so many of the clergy, in the light of the child sexual abuse criminality, is a ‘spiritual, social, moral and religious faith topic’. This isn’t simply ‘a topic of a sexual nature’. Might I suggest to you ‘the numbers rise fast’ on this blog, because sexually active clerics come on the blog to defend their colleagues, shoot the messenger and ridicule, as their consciences are unsettled. It seems to me that there are a considerable number of sexually unintegrated men in the clergy who rationalize promiscuity and use grindr... etc..to act out sexually... willy nilly.
DeleteBishop Pat is giving a window into the murky aspects of the clerical culture. Thousands of lives have been ruined by clerical sexual promiscuity, abuse and cover up. Widen your purview on the matter.
20.35: While I agree that the corruption, sexually and otherwise is of a serious moral nature, the point I was attempting to make at 19.38 is that there are undoubtedly many who love reading about the sexual lives of other, irrespective of who they are and are often fired up in a sexual way themselves. Sometimes the content of responses is of a pornographic nature. I don't agree with this. I do not condone abusive behaviour of any kind but it often appears (by the nature of comments) that some get a sexual high! Whereas, when topics of a deeper, reflective spiritual narure appear, responses are very sparse. I guess sex in all its forms and perversions sells well as a story, whoever its participants may be. Surely all of us who believe in the gift, sanctity and beauty of sexuality should exercise respect, care and self protection, including Pat himself, who is most certainly not my icon to imitate. I look to Jesus for this.
Delete@21:31; The so called sexual abuse scandal/crisis and much corruption in the Rc Church is not simply of a serious moral nature, but is also crime requiring justice and not just sin to be forgiven.
DeleteTabloids sell partly through encouraging prurient interest in sexual matters.
It seems to me that much of the responses of a ‘pornographic nature’ to this blog come from immature individuals or clerics or seminarians and it may be the case that some of these individuals get ‘a sexual high’...sad but possible..maybe another form of cyber sex for some addicts!
It’s a pity many of the Rc Church clergy and hierarchy who promoted and claimed to uphold Church teaching on sexuality and believed in the gift, sanctity and beauty of sexuality, didn’t exercise sufficient respect, care and self protection or the protection of children and vulnerable adults and that many didn’t or don’t practice what’s preached or claimed as Church teaching on sexuality.
All Christians are supposed to look to and imitate Jesus. Our first loyalty as Christians is supposed to be to Jesus Christ.
When did Bishop Pat ask to be made anyone’s icon? Bishop Pat is highlighting Church criminality, corruption and hypocritical cover up much to the consternation of some clerics and members of the hierarchy who’d much prefer their duplicitous hypocritical lifestyles to remain hidden, while ‘ministering’ under the guise of the mission of Jesus Christ. For all of the spiritual naval gazing that’s gone on in Rc Church circles for generations, look at the mess of the Rc Church in the contemporary world.
I completely agree. Eamon Martin does not reply to correspondence. I have written to him on unrelated matters. It speaks volumes. Enough said!
ReplyDeleteHe’s not alone in failing to respond to mail. (Not very Christlike or pastoral; another avoidance strategy).
ReplyDeleteI don’t know the man but if he’s using priesthood for ‘a comfy life’ he wouldn’t be alone. The arrogance of the hierarchy is staggering, and has compounded the so called scandal, all of their own making.
They don’t know when to stop digging,
The Rc institution is imploding in plain site, meanwhile, talk shops with fancy names are held in Rome with converted youth,while the Rc institution in Ireland is irrelevant to the vast majority of young people in this country. They’ll be few left to’hand on the faith’ to in the not too distant future. Meanwhile we have some members of the clergy watering down the gospel to accommodate their lifestyles.
Christians are supposed to be ‘in the world but not of the world’. Unfortunately and sadly, far too many members of the clerical fraternity are more of the world than the world is of itself.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Bp Pat on the wonderful new blog, which will run for days I'm sure, or until +Amy issues a public statement.
ReplyDelete