Priest fathers child

hoody

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=169605204&p=y696x59yx


Parish shock as priest admits fathering child
18/01/2006 - 10:15:55

Parishioners of an elderly Co Galway priest were in shock today after learning he had fathered a child with a woman half his age.

Fr Maurice Dillane, a curate in the Woodford-Looscaun parish, has quit the diocese to consider the future of the baby and its mother.

The Bishop of Clonfert, Dr John Kirby confirmed in a statement that a priest had admitted to him on January 6 that he had recently fathered a baby.

The priest, 73 is believed to have met the 31-year-old woman while serving in a previous parish within the Clonfert diocese.

Fr Dillane’s parish priest Fr Pat Naughten was unavailable for comment today.

But parishioners in the south-east Galway area expressed shock at the news about the popular priest, who has fled Co Galway to live with a relative.

A member of the Woodford-Looscaun pastoral council said of Fr Dillane today: “He got on well with everybody but I suppose his position was no longer tenable.

“Of course we are shocked. One day he’s here and the next day he’s not, so it will take a bit of getting used to.”

Dr Kirby said in a statement that he hoped the priest would be given time and space to plan for the future of the baby and mother.

He said: “On 6th January a priest on loan to the Clonfert Diocese confirmed to me that he had recently fathered a baby with an adult woman.

“Since then, I have met both the priest and the mother.

“I hope that the priest, who has ceased to work in the diocese, the mother, and all those involved, be given appropriate time and space to plan for their respective futures.

“I consider this to be a private matter and as such I will make no further comment.”


Reactions?

tbh

Laughter, mainly

Megatron

Mozeltof .. it's a boy !!!!

Royale with Cheese

Meh, better than molesting children.

kaimera

not the first, won't be the last.

*shrug* No opinion either way.

Dave

Can't say I'm shocked.

Kudos to the priest though, scoring a 31 year old. :cool:

Canis Lupus

Go on ya good thing.

holly_johnson

Only thing that occurs to me is if you were a 31 year old woman would you look twice at a 73 year old priest?

I can see why he did it, but not her!

Pighead

Pigheads shocked that the parish in question are shocked at these "revelations"

That news is about as shocking as reading that Wayne Rooney played a football match and lost his temper,or that James Bond gets to kiss the pretty girl in the new Bond film. Worst shocking news ever.

I'm guessing this Parish must be a parish of settled eastern europeans or some other type of foreign national. Or maybe they're all just stupid.

mickymg2003

she wanted to be full of salvation!!!!It reminds me of father ted and the video of bishop brennan and his wife and son.

hoody

Pighead wrote:

Pigheads shocked that the parish in question are shocked at these "revelations"

That news is about as shocking as reading that Wayne Rooney played a football match and lost his temper,or that James Bond gets to kiss the pretty girl in the new Bond film. Worst shocking news ever.

I'm guessing this Parish must be a parish of settled eastern europeans or some other type of foreign national. Or maybe they're all just stupid.

Pighead this parish is none of the above. They're not shocked either, baby is nearly a month old - the papers have been slow catching onto this one. So don't believe all you read.

Oriel

Looks like she fell to her kees and was filled with joy...

Pighead

hoody wrote:

Pighead this parish is none of the above. They're not shocked either, baby is nearly a month old - the papers have been slow catching onto this one. So don't believe all you read.

Don't believe all I read? Are you trying to tell Pighead that Freddie Starr didnt eat that hamster?

Are you from the said Parish hoody?

Demetrius

Fair play to him. I think priests ought to be given the choice of whether or not they want to remain celebate. Its not "natural" for most people to go through life celebate. I expect many people are turned off by the idea of becoming a priest for that reason.

hoody

no I'm not from the said parish Pighead but one nearby. I would have attended Mass in said parish though.


.... never suspected a thing!

Sam Vimes

do you think it was the panance he gave her in confession? "bend over and say 5 hails marys"

mickymg2003

They should be allowed marry. and it would be a pretty cushy job if you didnt have to be celebate.

ST*

Thats digusting. far as Im concerned they are a dirty bunch of fcukers.
But her -what was her game?
Imagaine a 73yr old priest on top of.. uggh

Demetrius

Shock_treatment wrote:

Thats digusting. far as Im concerned they are a dirty bunch of fcukers.

Ah they arent all like that surely. Your going to meet bad people in every walk of life.

ST*

Demetrius wrote:

Your're going to meet bad people in every walk of life.

I'd expect that of the general public yeah, but aren't these people supposed to represent the church?

seamus

Guys. If a 73 year-old virgin can score a 31-year-old MILF, then there is, quite literally, hope for everybody.

Halo

played golf with the priest a few years ago. he was president of our club, really really nice man...

Stephen

And to think, about 10 years ago he'd be hunted out of the country for shagging a WOMAN, hahahahahahahaha!
Fair play to him.

StupidLikeAFox

At least he wasnt using contraception

Demetrius

Shock_treatment wrote:

I'd expect that of the general public yeah, but aren't these people supposed to represent the church?

One shouldnt expect anything of the church. Many people believe in things, have ideals and yet are bad people. All Im saying is they are a large group of people who should have one thing in common but Im sure they are as varied as the rest of the population.

IceHawk

ColHol wrote:

At least he wasnt using contraception

Genius.

Fair play to the priest. I think the vow of celibacy should be voluntary in the Catholic Church. IMO, it would double the number of people willing to consider the priesthood overnight.

ST*

Demetrius wrote:

One shouldnt expect anything of the church.

You're right. we ask far too much of them.

Tobias Greeshman

Question I'd like to know is how he seduced miss 31 year old. Was there church wine involved (damn that's non-alcholic isn't it? ).

Fair play to him

chuckles30

There is no suggestion of anything illegal about what happened - I believe both were consenting adults, so I say 'leave them alone'. The only thing is that he broke his vow of celibacy & I believe that this should not be compulsory anyway. The age gap is also their own business - he's not the first 70+ man to father a child. If preists were given the option to marry, there would be many more priests I believe. The lonely life that is a priests life is not for everyone.

um7y1h83ge06nx

Fair play to him!

Siogfinsceal

i think its utterly disgraceful that he had to stop being a priest!! Expecting a man to give up his life for god and be a priest and be celibate is not natural. Theres nothing in the bible that says you cant have sex its the usual cr@op made up by the catholic church to keep us all inline.

djmarkus

Its not natural to be celebate, and as was said before, rather a consenting woman than a raped child.

Sleepy

Utterly disgracefal fathering a child at that age. He's bound to orphan the poor child at a young age.

Who gives a flying XXXX if he's a priest?

tbh

djmarkus wrote:

Its not natural to be celebate, and as was said before, rather a consenting woman than a raped child.

eh, I don't think it's a case of one or the other, tbh.

The problem is that paedeophiles are attracted to the priesthood because it's a position of trust, and obviously you have access to children. It's not inherant in the desire to be a priest. This is just a regular guy, who decided to serve the church, giving in to his natural desires. Fair play. If the church was more open and embracing to men and women who want to serve them, there would be nowhere for the paedeophiles to hide.

Mossy Monk

omg

BURN HIM AND HIS FATERING WAYS

AngryBadger

holly_johnson wrote:

Only thing that occurs to me is if you were a 31 year old woman would you look twice at a 73 year old priest?

I can see why he did it, but not her!

Totally

hoody

Just watched the reports on this from both RTE and TV3...

RTE had a minor report, nothing major, coupla quotes, bout 30 seconds long - happened before, it'll happen again, no big deal.

TV3, however, trawled Co.Galway looking for reactions, said people were "shocked" even though when they did interview people the reaction was pretty much the same as here, i.e. the rule shouldn't be there, and then had their "exclusive pictures" (reaaalllllyyyy slowed down, all was missing was the Jaws music) of the priest. And to top it all off, they're having a phone poll right now!! "Should priests be allowed have families?"

Hilarious, TV3 news is entertainment in itself!

Mimikyu

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OLDYELLAR

I dont see the big scandal , at least he wasnt molesting children.

robinph

Shock_treatment wrote:

You're right. we ask far too much of them.

I cannot remember ever asking them for anything.

Royale with Cheese

Siogfinsceal wrote:

Theres nothing in the bible that says you cant have sex its the usual cr@op made up by the catholic church to keep us all inline.

The bible says you cannot have sex before marriage, which is what he did. However the bible says alot of stuff.

Ruaidhri

Heh,the story broke here at the weekend (i'm VERY close to said area).
I laughed most of the weekend tbh. He looks more like a 50 y/o man also. Apparently he was in trouble a few years back in the US.

I'm very surprised the woman wasnt named in any papers. Well,maybe it was the immaculate conception?

Any fair play, he not only got it up at 73,he got it in too !

LovelyHurling

I can see why this might make the parish newslatter, but the national news? Why? Nobody got killed here a child was born ffs is the world gone mad!

Ruaidhri

LovelyHurling wrote:

I can see why this might make the parish newslatter, but the national news? Why? Nobody got killed here a child was born ffs is the world gone mad!

PR stunt for the church.

jimmycrackcorm

What are the odds on the woman being brute ugly?

msmx5

The Catholic Press Office is quoted in the press as saying that this would not affect his entitlement to a Priests pension.....


I wonder if there is a spouses or dependent's pension entitlement??!! :-)

kaizersoze

I know this man personally and he's a genuinely sound man. Not your typical 73 year old priest.
The parish he's in now were largely unaware but it was well known in his previous parish.
The woman in question is a primary school teacher, not a foreign national or butt ugly as mentioned in earlier posts.

starn

I cant belive this I havent had a girlfriend in six months, and a 71 year old priest is able to have a child with a 30 year old woman. I say again. Me a virlie young man who hasnt had a girldfriend is six months. Him a wrinkly senile old man who has a child with a woman 40 odd years yonger then him. Where I been going wrong here. Cause I would of thoht it would be the other way round