Priest: suspected rapist, murderer was 'generous to a fault'

Bristolscale7

According to Father Richie Goode, Mark Desmond was 'generous to a fault'. Have a read:

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/mark-desmond-brutal-enforcer-with-a-long-list-of-enemies-1.2892743

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/few-attend-funeral-of-murdered-criminal-mark-desmond-1.2906388

For the families of Darren Casey (19) and Patrick Murray (20), whose bullet-ridden bodies were taken from the Grand Canal in Co Kildare in January 2000, those memories include how a chief witness at Desmond’s trial for their murder suddenly withdrew her evidence, leaving him to be convicted only for possession of guns.


Desmond is believed to have been involved in at least two other murders. He also threatened to kill his former girlfriend, the mother of their son Cailum. He is believed to have raped a 15-year-old boy and to have raped male escorts in the United Kingdom.

what the **** is this priest talking about?

Hotblack Desiato

Telling the truth is bad for business, this is one of the least harmful examples of their habitual evasion/lying/'mental reservation'

recedite

Bristolscale7 wrote: »

what the **** is this priest talking about?

He's talking about money. Who says money can't buy loyalty?
Money buys justice in this country, or at least justice costs a lot of money.

“You’re only brave with your guns in your hand. Two children dead over your drug involvement.”
Desmond, smiling, replied: “Eight years. I’ll do it on my back.”

Desmond would serve much less than that. In December 2004, the Court of Criminal Appeal overturned his conviction and Desmond walked free.

Money buys you a good funeral and a good word from a priest. But it can only buy you so much time when there are people around who are so aggrieved they can't be bought.

I have to say though, I like the deceased man's word "splending"... very creative. Though I note it already existed before he "created it".

El_Duderino 09

Bristolscale7 wrote:

what the **** is this priest talking about?

Psychopaths often regulate heir behaviour to make sure they're not spotted. The successful ones are often very popular as people - then nobody can figure out what happened when they commit terrible crimes.

Kristopherus

Hell isin't hot enough for that bastard and the priest should have refused to have anything to do with his funeral. Full stop.

Nick Park

Which reminds me of the old story about a gangster who died. His brother, also a gangster, approached the priest and said, "I'll donate €100,000 to the church if you conduct my brother's funeral and tell everyone he was a saint."
The priest agreed. So on the day of the funeral the priest's oration was as follows: "The deceased was a vicious and violent man. He was a murderer, an adulterer and a thief. However, compared to his brother, he was a saint."