Donegal priest quits due to verbal and physical abuse by parishioners

Mea Culpa. I did not read for content. Glencolmcille is the last place I would send an "old cumudgion" as mairint described him. The priest said "run my parish" and "refused to listen to them." Knowing Glencolmcille like the back of my hand, I can understand why there would be an uproar and why the bishop would reassign said priest. The letters of protest were most likely in Irish Gaelic. Glencolmcille is a very sacred religious and cultural community and those who reside there are going to defend it.

"My Parish?" That sure says everything about this man!

Celticqueen is just mad that the Church does not approve abortion...she figures pro-life = bullying....

Teilhard de Chardin has preached for some time according to Malachi Martin that the laity are the Church. The priesthood is being phased out in the name of world socialism.

He was lucky he didn't get stones on the roof, and you want to talk about evil? God forbid, where have you been hiding.

Shame on that group of people in Glencolmcille. Even if Fr. McGeady is an old cumudgion no one has the right to be rude or cruel or disrespectful. A priest is ordained and as an Apostle of Christ can celebrate the unequaled miracle in the world at the Consecration of the Holy Eucharist at Mass. Without a priest people are deprived of the gift of Mass and Holy Communion. There are many places across the vast U.S. and other countries where the people are starved of the Eucharist because they have no priest. When I read the poisonous, hateful comments against Christ's Church that appear on I.C. (often from the same malcontents) I see pure evil. So many have given their souls over to the Boss of Evil and aim at depriving themselves of eternal life in Heaven with Christ when their short life on earth is over. When England tried to stamp out the Faith in Ireland and England there were strong decent people who protected their priests even at risk to their own lives. But, they were not selfish in those times, they were strong.

The story is incomplete, did Irish Central edit it for l ength? Did a reporter ask anyone in the a question? Did not the parishoners who "abused" the priest have an identity? What happened to the old reporters method of Who, what, where, when and why go..bad reporting or editing! Incomplete at best. Sensationalism.

The tribal Irish mentality

The ultra-religious right have always attempted to co-opt the agenda in both church and state throughout history. We saw a good example of this during the most recent presidential election. The majority are getting weary of the bloody minded approach the religious right apply to everything. I feel sympathy for any good man who tries to serve his community only to be undermined by zealots. This is similar to what is happening to moderate Republicans, who are trying to do what they feel is best for the whole country but are being undermined in their gerrymandered districts by the tea party. I believe the vast majority is getting weary of this behavior whether it happens in a church community or in local politics.

CelticQueenUSA. What has this got to do with the Catholic church abuses etc. Its a personal situation regarding a Priest and Parishioners. Nobody knows the details and anyone using any ripple, to create emotive reactions, unrelated to this situation and more-so, little information. A little knowledge is a very dangerous thing.

What on earth is going on over there Civility must have disappeared..they have far too much time on their hands,,people ..wake up ,before this is a total loss..the folks leaving Ireland will not want to come back..if and when there is ever a viable country again...

And who has been a bigger bully than the Catholic Church in Ireland. EXAMPLES: child abuse cover-ups and expecting the people to just go on BLIND FAITH and then there are the MAGDALINES need I say MORE> The Irish people have been pressed into submission and I think that are NOT the bullies if you think about it.

A very sad story and depressing indictment of the state of Ireland these days. Despite your feelings for the RCC, to act this way toward an elderly person is both reprehensible and ignorant. Whatever happened to respecting your elders.

Second paragraph: "a very small number of people wanted to tell me how I should run my parish". That one excerpt tells me that this priest came there and turned a deaf ear to the "very small number". Maybe he has an ego bigger than the Glen. The whole point of this is it was not HIS PARISH. It is supposed to be "OUR" parish!! I doubt the bullying portion of this story.

Should have insulate himself with the good parishoners -- ingore the complainers as much as possible.