It’s no surprise that the world’s seminaries are chocked full of sexually-frustrated gay men. For centuries, the priesthood has been where parents sent their sensitive sons. But lately technology has been messing that all up.
You may recall the incident that happened at St. Patrick’s College, Ireland’s oldest seminary, last summer involving several male students who were discovered to be maintaining private Grindr accounts and hooking up on the DL. According to the Irish Independent, Deacon Michael Jack Byrne was one of the students involved in the scandal. And now he’s gone missing. Sort of.
Bynre’s Grindr profile said he was “versatile,” “likes deep conversations,” and “enjoys no-strings-attached sex every now and then” with a preference for guys “between 50 and 90” years old. But not just that. This week, the young cleric was accused of inviting a man back to his room at the presbytery and sexually assaulting him.
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The alleged incident happened in 2015, when Byrne purportedly met a middle-aged man, whose name has not been released, on on the app. They chatted for a while and exchanged a few racy pics before the priest-in-training invited the man over for a slumber party.
It’s unclear whether the men were planning on having sexual relations, or just staying up late giggling and talking about boys, but at some point in the evening the man says he awoke to find Byrne performing unwanted sex acts on him. Afterwards, the victim contacted Archbishop Diarmuid Martin about Byrne.
“I believe this young man is not suitable for priesthood,” he tells the paper, adding that he worries the young cleric, who recently took a vow of celibacy, “may do this (sexual assault) again in the future.”
In an effort to squash the scandal, sources say the archbishop transferred Byrne to Rome, where he has been hiding out in a monastery ever since. ChurchMilitant reached out to sources close to Byrne who confirmed, “The accusation was made that the assault took place at a parish Byrne was serving at on pastoral work. He was the only student there at the time.”
As of now, the Archbishop is not commenting on the scandal or on Byrne’s exact whereabouts. Bynre’s Grindr profile has also been deactivated.
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ingyaom
Not suitable – check… but, at this point, numbers are so low they probably can’t afford to let anyone get away.
MediaGuy
He was sent to Rome to provide Grindr training, so good for them because afterall they’re just trying to get themselves a little dick, just like the rest of us. Or a big one, whatever you like.
corktownboy
http://wisecatholic.blogspot.ca/2016/08/gaynooth-hits-media.html
myloginname
OMG! That gorgeous lad says he prefers men between the age of 50 and 90???? That’s disgusti…do you think he would be ok with me being only 48? 🙂
Tête Carrée
@myloginname:
I suspect it comes from being a young boy giving hand jobs to saggy old priests.
You might want to buy a cassock and free ball it. You’ll be in like Flynn.
Rizsauvage
Hey.. I’m a young looking 55 year old.. I have a thing for men in clergy gowns though.
Kangol
They are going to turn this little Irish twink priest OUT in Rome. He’s going to put the “gay” in Gaelic gay frolic.
rand503
Wow — he gets banished to a warm sunny climate where he will get great fresh italian food and wine and be surrounded by handsome italian men. IT’s a much better deal than soggy ole ireland with their mashed potatoes.
When can I get banished too?
inbama
I am so tired of grown men – in this case a middle-aged man – acting as if a bj from a much younger man in a Grinder hookup is rape.
As much as I dislike the snarky Breitbart Bunch, this is the kind of nonsense that that keeps Yiannopoulos in business.
Sluggo2007
Let’s face it. You can’t “pray away the gay.” If you’re queer, you’re queer. End of story.
Chris
It seems like the young priest in training got set up. An older man contacted him through Grindr; they met and stayed up; and at night, the older guy woke up to the younger on performing “unwanted” acts on him. And of course, they keep the identity of the older guy, who turned the young man in, is kept secret. Yep, a set up IMHO.
inbama
Something is definitely fishy with this story.
readycarlos
“Send him directly to the Vatican. Strip him. Bathe him. And send him to my chamber.” – The Pope
Daggerman
…he likes a certain amount of filthy sex….so he can find a way of getting it, he has sex the way he wants to–that is the matter for everyone…
radiooutmike
@Sluggo2007: Yes.
35 years ago, in my one of my more honest moments; I thought I could escape to priesthood from my gayness. I had no idea at the time, I would not have been alone! /snark