Monday, August 8, 2005

A terrorist becomes a priest


Domenico Bettinelli blogs


The Redemption of Shane Paul O'Doherty : Boston Globe



Shane Paul O’Doherty is not perfect. He is a pacifist and rejects the Church’s teaching on just war, but I suppose that is to be expected from a man who completely rejected his violent and murderous past while spending 14-1/2 years in an English prison.


What about the opposite path? A priest who becomes a terrorist.


Patrick Moloney, Irish born, American resident, Mekite priest and convicted of possession of money from the fifth largest armored car heist in history: the Brinks robbery of 1993 $7.4 million cash taken from a depot. The cash was never recovered but it is believed to have been given to the IRA.


Samuel Millar has admitted to the robbery in a recently published book,

On The Brinks

Fr. Pat was suspected in the robbery but never charged. He maintained his innocence of both the robbery and the stolen cash possession. I don't know if he has been implicated by Millar or the other conspirators in the time since the statue of limitations expired.

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