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Gay Irish 'bishop' Pat Buckley stood up on wedding day

By
DONAL THORNTON,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 8:20 AM
Updated Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 10:54 AM

 

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Bishop Pat Buckley

Outspoken gay Catholic bishop Pat Buckley was due to marry his Filipino boyfriend Eduardo Yango in Larne, Co Antrim, but his partner got cold feet and decided to postpone the civil marriage.

Buckley, 57,  said the extensive media coverage of the marriage forced Yango to have "a little postponement" yesterday.

Buckley would have been the first Catholic cleric to enter a same-sex marriage and continue to practice as a member of the clergy.

"We have had 10 days of intense media interest and, while I have been used to dealing with the media for 25 years, Eduardo has no experience of the media and has found the intrusion very stressful. He is also a very private person and comes from a culture in the Philippines where family and personal issues are handled very discreetly and privately,” said Buckley.

Buckley said that Yango had to "de-stress and to resolve some family issues," and he was confident that they would marry when these issues were resolved.

Yango’s parents were unaware of his plans to marry Buckley, but they eventually found out when word of the gay marriage spread around the world.

"Who would have thought that a little tinpot civil partnership would be reported worldwide?” continued Buckley, adding that, when it came to matters of sexuality, the Philippines “is extremely conservative and socially is where Ireland was 30 or 40 years ago.”

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Posted by murphy666 on Mar 03, 2010, 11:41 PM EST
Is this what they mean when they say "bishoprick"?
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Posted by Sungold on Feb 12, 2010, 04:17 AM EST
In other words, the Philippines Catholics are "more Catholic" than the present day Irish Catholics. To the non-Catholic theologian, in what branch of Catholicism are male bishops allowed to marry men, and keep their posts?
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Posted by kickstar on Feb 11, 2010, 09:16 PM EST
I support Pat 100% in all that he does in his parish, He really puts on a great show there.I was wondering if he is still living in the parish house or if he has moved, I hope he managed to keep his original parish house as it is his parish...The Roman church sometimes forgets that this property belongs to the parishioners and not to Rome...So I hope Pat can keep his Church and House...oh and the collection plates as well...lololol..Well Done Pat keep sticking it to them..
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Posted by barneyjo on Feb 11, 2010, 07:25 PM EST
Well said, and I broadly concur with your analysis.
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Posted by DRDECELLESSMITH on Feb 11, 2010, 10:24 AM EST
Your ad hominems aside, and your lack of charity, informs me about the Christian witness of others, and especially yours, Mr. 2BB. I am a theologian, and I am not a member of the Roman Church, nor have I ever been. Your views on "excommunicatio pro se", or any of your denials of Succession, are seen only through the prism of Papistry. Of course, no one asked you, nor did you disclose, your credentials either. Common sense, as you define it, seems to be one slur against Bishop Patrick after another. First of all, there are many valid branches of the Catholic Church....East and West....within and without any Patriarchal authority, including the Bishop of Rome. The Orthodox do not recognise the Papal supremacy, or ask the Bishop of Rome permission to episcopally ordain or consecrate their bishops. Yet, the Augustinian view of validity requires the Roman Church to accept Orthodox Orders as valid, and the priests whom they ordain. There is a diurnal impediment to administering an indelible sacrament twice. This is why when Rome receives an Orthodox priest, they do not re-ordain him. Ditto if the person is from the Old Catholic Church of Utrecht, or such churches as the Igreja Catolica Apostolica do Brasil, to mention just one. Your belief that there is only ONE CATHOLIC POSITION ON homosexuality is patently false. Your belief that Rome decides is equally so. Also, autocephalous bishops like Bishop Patrick have been received without a second episcopal ordination several times in modern history...even one who was married. His name was Bishop Salameo Ferraz, so your lack of information should temper your anger if not your homophobia.
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Posted by 2BorNot2B on Feb 10, 2010, 05:22 PM EST
Whoever made DRDECELLESSMITH a Catholic Canon Law Expert and Theologian obviously missed reading the complete manuals. Patrick the ex-Catholic Bishop, by the simple fact of not following the teachings of the Catholic Church on the matters of marriage and homosexuality and, further, publicly flaunting his disobedience and being a source of public scandal, automatically EX COMMUNICATES himself. He does not need a formal decree by the Pope, though that will be issued in time. -- Being ex-communicated then, the 'apostolic succession' he claimed before ends. He may have and use the title of 'bishop' and use it in any church willing to accept his lack of temperance and propensity for flipping off authority, but he can no longer ordain others nor claim 'Apostolic Succession in the Catholic Church. -- Frankly it's all common sense. Can anyone claim to be law abiding, democracy loving American citizen while disobeying the laws of the land and actively working to contradict and overturn them?
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Posted by DRDECELLESSMITH on Feb 10, 2010, 03:28 PM EST
Bishop Patrick has valid Apostolic Succession. Validity and Roman licitness are two different canonical realities. Rome is NOT the only Catholic Church in the world. The Eastern and some Western Churches are not Papist in authority. I suspect that Roman priests who remember their former sacerdotal colleague and are offended by his psychosexual orientation and pride and acceptance, are ready to put his valid Roman Rebiban succession in quotes. You laddies know that he is a valid bishop, making no claim to the Roman obedience. If Pat is not a bishop, neither is anyone claiming episcopal orders with the same Succession....and Scipion Cardinal Rebiba with several Popes in the line.....are valid if the form and manner and intention was present to ordain a valid Catholic bishop, in or out of Rome's authority, just like the Utrecht Old Catholics or the Greek Orthodox.
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Posted by malhiggins on Feb 10, 2010, 12:30 PM EST
Good on you, Pat. Still have your principles after all these years. Regards malachy
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Posted by kickstar on Feb 10, 2010, 11:24 AM EST
I guess Pats prospective partner just got fed up with Clerical Abuse.
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Posted by Tippman on Feb 10, 2010, 10:31 AM EST
The same "bishop" had no problem stoking the publicity fires by appearing on "The Late Late" last week.
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Posted by FatherVol on Feb 10, 2010, 10:28 AM EST
Please stop referring to this man as a Catholic bishop. He is no longer affiliated with the Catholic church and has chosen to live a life outside of the Church's structure and discipline by allowing himself to be "ordained" a bishop by someone without the autority to do so. If he wants to live with his boyfriend, let him, but let him do it under another guise of "Catholic bishop" because that he is not. But then those that don't expect immigrants to follow the laws for entry into a country and prefer international anarchy can hardly be expected to understand "authority" in any sense of the word.
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Posted by BishopSean on Feb 09, 2010, 08:55 AM EST
Bishop Pat Buckley's problem is not only with what Irish society's attitudes were 30 or 40 years ago, or for that matter, what Rome's attitudes on homosexuality are: his problem is also with the inspired Word of God in the Scriptures, that could not be clearer on the topic of homosexuality. Bishop Buckley should be respectfully invited to study the Word of God (as it really is; not how it is interpreted by wishful thinkers), with attention of the heart and repent.
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Posted by CitizenWhy on Feb 09, 2010, 08:34 AM EST
For accuracy, you should have pointed out that the Bishop is no longer in communion with Rome. Just to be fair. Rome is wrong on gay issues but your article should not imply that the bishop is approved by Rome.
 


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