MAYNOOTH - BISHOP DONAL McKEOWN
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DONAL McKEOWN the current Bishop of Derry is basically a waffler and a manufacturer of soundbites.
He likes to give the impression that he is "KOOL" by occasionally riding a bike and by retaining the dirt from his garden under his finger nails. But if you are looking for substance - look elsewhere.
Like JOHN FLEMMING whom we looked at yesterday he was in charge of a seminary before he became a bishop - but what a DISASTER that seminary was during his "pontificate". Let me tell you the story.....
The seminary in question was THE WING in Belfast - which was then part of St Malachy's College. McKeown was the president.
During his presidency a now jailed parish priest - Father James Donaghy - used to visit a seminarians room there and lock himself and the seminarian inside that room for up to FOUR HOURS while he sexually abused the seminarian.
Even in the court case that happened later the seminarian was never named but was called VICTIM A.
Father Donaghy befriended Victim A when he was just 14 years old and was an altar boy. Donaghy convinced Victim A's parents to let the boy come and live with him in the presbyters so that he "could start his training for the priesthood"! Victim A lived with Father Donaghy from that time until he entered THE WING seminary - a period of some 4/ 5 years during which he regularly sexually abused him. Donaghy then arranged to get A into the seminary and continued to abuse him in his seminary room!
Donaghy also showered A with gifts - computers, designer clothes, foreign trips, expensive aftershaves and meals out in top class restaurants.
Remind you of anyone else?
Anyway all this happened during Donal McKeown's presidency of the seminary.
I'm sure that Donal McKeown says that he did not know about the abuse at all.
But he should have known !!!
The buck stops with the president. If you have the authority and prestige of being the president you also have the responsibility to make sure that all is well on your watch. If a ship goes on to rocks the one with the ultimate responsibility is the captain!
If you were in charge of a seminary would you not be suspicious about a 40 or 50 year old man locking himself into a room with a 19 year old man for 4 hours?
And now Donal McKeown is ONE of the BISHOPS responsible for Maynooth.
SEMINARIAN CONAN McGONAGLE:
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CONAN McGONAGLE - INJUSTICE? |
CONAN McGONAGLE is the DERRY seminarian who was dismissed from Maynooth a few months ago after discovering two other seminarians involved in "goings on" in one of their rooms.
Conan, out of fear, dis not report what he say to the Maynooth authorities but did speak to other seminarians about his experience. Eventually the Maynooth authorities got to know and summoned Conan before them and dismissed him - giving him their reasons:
1. He had been "mistaken" in what he saw!
2. He had failed to report the matter to the authorities!
3. He had written an anonymous letter about what he saw to one of the seminarian's bishop.
4. He was intimidating the two seminarians he had "discovered".
And just for good measure the Maynooth junta gave him a 5th reason:
5. Anyway you are too rigid and conservative in your views.
Conan, who still wants to be a priest was devastated. So what did he do? Yes, he went to his bishop - his supposed "Father in Christ" - Donal McKeown.
McKeown, in his wishy washy way told him not to worry and that he would sort it all out.
AND THEN - Donal met him again and told him that he had to accept the decision of the Maynooth Junta - and that he was over and out !!!
See what I mean about good old, caring, never waver from you word Donal McKeown ?
Now, I have never met or had any communication with Conan. I have spoken to a seminarian who was and is his best friend. He tells me that Conan is probably the best example of a good seminarian you would get.
But even if Conan is excessively conservative - surely that is not a reason to dump him unceremoniously? Surely he can be talked to? Surely it can be explained to him that the last thing the Church needs in the 21st century is rigid priests?
Surely he can be guided, supported, enlightened?
Conan was a MAYNOOTH WHISTLE BLOWER. Maynooth destroys it's whistle blowers and takes its Midnight Cowboys by the hand.
My information is that Conan is devastated.
God will one day demand justice for Conan and so many others.
RORY COYLE FINALLY REMOVED FROM ARMAGH PARISH WEBSITE:
The GRINDR priest and Master of Ceremonies to AMY MARTIN has finally being removed from the Armagh Parish website.
He was removed immediately after he was caught on GRINDR but when I reported his removal on this Blog they put his picture back up again - NA NA NEN NA NA .
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But now that she (Amy), a self professed heterosexual (Hot Press) has poor Rory firmly installed in the US Sex Addiction Clinic she has finally removed Rory - leaving Armagh with only 3 instead of 4 priests.
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RORY.......................GONE |
So now the Senior curate of Armagh Cathedral is Thomas (Tomasina) McHugh. By the way Tomasina has blocked me from following her Social Media accounts. I wonder why?
How am I going to cope - emotionally I mean - with not being able to gaze upon and follow the activities of Armagh's most desirable senior curate?
Ah well! I'll just have to up my dose of diazepam for a few weeks.
By the way seminarian BRENDAN MARSHALL is a pal of Tomasina's
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RORY'S REPLACEMENT IN ARMAGH:
Father Peter Kerr has been appointed to replace Rory in Armagh Cathedral:
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FR PETER KERR |
ARMAGH DIOCESAN CHANGES 2016
CLERGY APPOINTMENTS
The Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, announces the following clergy appointments, effective 3 September 2016.
Archbishop Eamon thanks the priests for their continued ministry and service in the Archdiocese and wishes them well in taking up these new appointments. He also thanks the people of the Archdiocese of Armagh for their ongoing prayers and support of their priests. He encourages them to welcome their new pastors in the coming weeks.
Rt Rev. Mgr Christopher O’Byrne, PE, AP, Magherafelt, to retire and to be Priest-in-Residence, Magherafelt.
V Rev Sean F Quinn, PP, Louth, to retire and to be Priest-in-Residence, Tallanstown.
Rev Thomas McNulty, CC, Cooley, retired on 12 May 2016, to be Priest-in-Residence, Cooley.
Rev Fergus Breslan, CC, Middle Killeavy, to become Assistant Pastor St Patrick’s, Dundalk (part-time), and Diocesan Liaison Priest with Redemptoris Mater House of Formation, Dundalk, / Neocatechumenal Way in the Archdiocese.
V Rev Peter Kerr, PP, Killcluney (Ballymacnab, Clady & Granemore), following a period of sabbatical leave, to be PE, AP, Cathedral Parish, Armagh (effective from First Sunday of Advent.)
V Rev Gerard McGinnity, PP, Knockbridge, retired on 30 May 2016.
Rev John McGoldrick, returning from sabbatical leave, to be CC, Aughnacloy (Aghaloo & Carnteel), residing in Caledon and to act as Adm Aughnacloy (Aghaloo & Carnteel) pro-tem.
Rev Sean McArdle, SM, to be PP, Louth.
Rev Kevin Donaghy, retiring as Principal of St Patrick’s Grammar School, Armagh, to take a period of sabbatical leave.
Rev Desmond Branigan, CC, St Patrick’s, Dundalk, to be CC, Magherafelt.
V Rev Gerard Campbell, PP, EV, Kilkerley, also to be PP, Knockbridge.
V Rev Joseph McKeever, PP, Crossmaglen, to retire on medical grounds (effective 30 September 2016.)
Rev Gregory Carvill, Adm, Aughnacloy (Aghaloo & Carnteel), to be PP, Kilcluney (Ballymacnab, Clady & Granemore).
Rev Patrick Rushe, VF, in addition to chaplaincy duties, to be part-time CC, Kilkerley, and Diocesan Education Secretary (Co Louth).
Rev Neil O’Donoghue, CC, Holy Redeemer, Dundalk (part-time), to be full-time Vice-Rector of the Redemptoris Mater House of Formation, Dundalk. Fr Neil will assist with the parish of Crossmaglen (Creggan Upper) until January 2017.
Rev. Brian White, CC, Hagardstown and Blackrock, also to be Director of the Permanent Diaconate, Archdiocese of Armagh.
Rev Liam McKinney, CC, VF, Crossmaglen (Creggan Upper,) to act as Adm, Crossmaglen (Creggan Upper) until appointment of a new Parish Priest in January 2017 (effective 30 September 2016.)
Rev. Thomas McHugh, CC, Armagh, also to be Chairperson, Armagh Diocesan Youth Commission.
Rev Sean McGuigan, CC Cookstown (Desertcreight & Derryloran), to be CC Holy Redeemer, Dundalk, and to offer support in the Armagh Diocesan Pastoral Centre, Dundalk.
Rev Damien Quigley, newly ordained, to be CC, Middle Killeavy, and a member of the Chaplaincy Team to Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry. He will also become a member of the Diocesan Vocations Commission.
CATHOLIC SCANDALS SPREAD TO NORWAY:
A priest reader of our Blog would like to draw out attention to the Catholic Scandals of Norway - whose priests are trained in LONDON'S GAY SEMINARY - ALLEN or "ALICE" HALL:
Catholics’ scandal spreads to Norway
The Norwegian Catholics’ former bishop in Trondheim left his post last summer after admitting that he’d sexually molested an altar boy around 20 years earlier, reports newspaper Adresseavisen. Church officials chose not to publicly acknowledge the molestation, claiming the bishop was “relieved of his duties” because of “cooperation problems” within his congregation. The disgraced bishop reportedly moved to Germany, but his current whereabouts remain unclear.
The bishop in Oslo, Bernt Eidsvig, finally had to answer questions about the Trondheim bishop's departure. PHOTO: Wikipedia Commons
The report in
Adresseavisentopped all national newscasts on Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) Wednesday morning and comes just after claims made during the Easter holidays by the bishop in Oslo, Bernt Eidsvig, that the Catholic Church shouldn’t excuse itself from sexual assaults by priests or remain silent about them. Eidsvig had said on NRK during the weekend that Pope Benedict XVI
“missed an opportunity”by not addressing the wave of reports of sexual abuse within the church during the Pope’s traditional Easter appearance at the Vatican.
Now questions are being raised as to whether Eidsvig himself, and Catholic officials in Norway, missed an opportunity for openness themselves. Eidsvig toldAddresseavisen, however, that the victim of the molestation in Trondheim himself asked that it not be publicized.
The victim is now in his 30s, “well over the legal age” to make such decisions, said Eidsvig, and had also kept quiet for decades himself about the assault by former Trondheim Bishop Georg Müller. The assault occurred when Müller was still a priest in Trondheim.
The victim finally told another priest about it more than a year ago. Eidsvig said an investigation was begun and the accusation was forwarded to the Vatican in February of last year. Müller, when confronted with the charge against him, immediately confessed and ultimately gave up his duties in Trondheim. Eidsvig said the former bishop has since “been under psychological treatment, or therapy, and spiritual guidance.”
The church granted Müller’s victim the equivalent of a year’s salary, between NOK 400,000 and NOK 500,000 (about USD 75,000), in compensation.
The case was never reported to police, Eidsvig said, because it was so old and the statute of limitations for such crimes had run out.
‘No other victims’
Eidsvig told Adresseavisen that the archbishop who is the Vatican’s ambassador to the Nordic countries questioned Müller repeatedly as to whether he assaulted anyone else in addition to the victim. Müller claimed he had not, according to Eidsvig, who added that no one else has reported any sexual assaults to either the police or church authorities as far as he knew.
Asked whether Eidsvig is secure that Müller now is telling the truth, Eidsvig said: “I can’t be 100 percent sure about that.” By midday on Wednesday, new reports were emerging that church officials are now aware of four cases of sexual abuse, but some of them go back to the 1950s.
Asked how the case affects confidence in the church, Eidsvig conceded that it can’t do any good “other than that the church acted quickly and has done its best for the victim.” He also said Müller “will never again have a position within the church.”
Müller himself left Trondheim and reportedly has since “kept a low profile” in Germany. His exact whereabouts remained unclear and
Adresseavisen’s attempts to reach him for comment were unsuccessful. One church official in the German province that’s home to Müller’s order, Picpuspatrene, said Müller remains a bishop but hasn’t had any official roles since leaving Trondheim.
Norway Catholic
Church denies 'aggravated fraud'
Norway's Catholic
Church has denied committing fraud in its first official report responding to
charges that it deliberately exaggerated its membership numbers to obtain more
state aid, although it admitted its past methods were "unsatisfactory."
The Oslo diocese and two officials, the bishop and the financial
officer, are suspected of fraudulently registering thousands of people on its
membership lists between 2010 and 2014, which enabled it to obtain 50 million
kroner (more than $6.0 million or 5.8 million euros) in state subsidies.
In Norway, a predominantly Protestant country, the state provides
subsidies to organised religions, the size of which is determined by the number
of members.
"The opinion of the diocese is that we have done nothing
illegal," the interim head of the Church, Lisa Wade, said at the
presentation of the Church's report on the affair.
Police have accused the Oslo diocese of going through the telephone
directory in search of immigrants whose names appear to signal that they come
from Catholic countries, and adding them to the membership list, sometimes
without their knowledge.
Norway's Roman Catholic minority had 140,000 registered members in 2014,
more than double the number in 2010.
To explain the jump, the Church has claimed it benefitted from a large
wave of Catholic immigrants, notably Poles, who practised their religion but
did not register with the Church, which in turn cost the Church more but did
not result in increased state subsidies.
"The diocese never intended to do anything other than identify the
Catholics in the country," Wade said. "Unfortunately, the method that
was used led to some incorrect registrations," she added.
Wade said 7,000
people had been mistakenly registered, including Catholics who did not want to
be included on the list and non-Catholics. Their names have now been removed
from the list.
More than 21,000 other cases have yet
to be clarified. Police raided the Catholic Church's offices on February
26 on suspicions of "aggravated fraud.”