In Reply to: outrageous posted by Oliver Killeen on March 04, 2010 at 18:37:18:

its outrageous that the bishops would appeal to parishioners to pay for the outrageous crimes of priests and religious......in an earlier posting i misnamed fr. fortune ..and named him fr. furlong.....mistake....i was in new ross when he was found dead....i met him in waterford.....its grotesque the church would now call on parishioners to pay for his and others like him....

Fr. Seán Fortune (died March 13, 1999) was an Irish priest and child molester, who used his position to gain access to his victims.

Born in Gorey, County Wexford, Fortune was educated at St Peter's College, Wexford, which was the diocesan seminary of the diocese of Ferns. It was during his training that the first reports of his abuse were made, although it is not clear whether the Diocesan authorities had knowledge of these complaints before his ordination.[1] Fortune ministered in the village of Fethard on Sea in Co. Wexford, in Belfast and in Dundalk. Allegations of abuse were made against him in all three places. Sean Cloney compiled a dossier of complaints against him. Fr. Fortune also set up a business in Dublin which offered media and journalism training to the public.

In March 1999, he committed suicide in New Ross while awaiting trial for 66 charges of sexual abuse against 29 boys. He had taken a lethal cocktail of drugs and alcohol and was found dead in bed by his housekeeper. He had been remanded in custody pending trial but had been released days earlier.

In March 2002, the BBC broadcast Suing the Pope, a documentary detailing the activities of Fortune and the response of the Diocese of Ferns to his activities over the years. The Report of the Ferns Inquiry claims that two of Fortune's victims

.....reading about the cry for donations makes me sick.....and i can't take it easy
oliver killeen