Father Martin McVeigh, the priest in Northern Island whose PowerPoint presentation on Communion was interrupted when his computer started screening gay-porn stills, has stepped down from his position and is leaving the area.
Queerty originally reported in March on Father Martin McVeigh, who claimed he had idea how the porn got onto his laptop—sadly, he told the police, his computer was mysteriously “stolen” from the rectory at St. Mary’s before they could investigate.
In an announcement, McVeigh claimed he still didn’t know where the 16 hardcore photos came from, but he admitted he destroyed the memory stick the images came from. McVeigh hasn’t resigned or abandoned his calling, though—he’s just on an indefinite leave.
“I deeply regret my failure to check, in advance, my presentation. I had no knowledge of any offending imagery existing in it. After the images were inadvertently shown, I immediately removed the memory stick from the laptop. In my shock and upset and in my concern to ensure that the images would never be shown again, I destroyed it later that evening.”
“In the hope of bringing resolution and healing to the division and pain within the parish, I have taken the decision to ask Cardinal Brady to allow me to leave the parish of Pomeroy and to take sabbatical leave. The memory of this awful episode will remain with me for the rest of my life.”
Somewhere in Heaven the Baby Jesus is crying.
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Source: Pink News UK
Snownova
Nah, baby jesus is laughing his ass off, just like us.
Christopher
The best investment Queerty could make…
A proofreader so that we don’t get phrases like “who claimed he had idea” anymore. (see above)
dvlaries
They’re fallible, scuzzy mortals like the rest of us. This is only a shock to those who still equate that Roman collar with any kind of higher moral bona fides.
Bipolar Bear
“The memory of this awful episode will remain with me for the rest of my life”
I felt like that everytime my husband made me watch Star Trek: Voyager
B
No. 1 · Snownova wrote, “Nah, baby jesus is laughing his ass off, just like us.”
What probably happened is that the priest had given his Power Point communion talk so many times that he could (and literally) did go through it on autopilot. He just pushed the ‘return’ key periodically and never looked at the screen. No idea as to who put the porn on the flash drive, not that it particularly matters.
If it turns out to have been the result of a computer virus, they’ll pass it off as the “work of the devil”, but with all the evidence gone, he’s no doubt off the hook as far as the church is concerned.
freddie
“Northern Island”.
(shakes head)
Steve
If all of the gay priests and musicians quit the Catholic church, they would have to close the Sunday show at the vast majority of parishes.
Franny
If he hadn’t acted so guilty I may have believed that it was some sort of accident.