Who is miceal ledwith

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Miceal Ledwith L. May 18, Newswire. He served for seventeen years under Pope John Paul II as a member of the International Theological Commission, a small group of theologians of international standing charged with advising the Holy See on theological matters. He was interviewed in the new documentaries "Orbs: the Veils are Lifting" and 'Serotonin Rising' and continues to lecture widely, mainly in North and South America and Europe.

He has been a long time member of the Ramtha School of Ancient Wisdom and has spoken at Conferences held by the School all over the world. He is working on a DVD series that deals with fundamental matters in relation to spiritual evolution. Contrary to media reports, no specific allegations were made against Monsignor Ledwith, but rather a concern was expressed in a general sense.

After meeting with v various bishops, including Bishop Comiskey, the group was dissatisfied with the response received and reported the matter to Fr. Gerard McGinnity, in his capacity as senior dean. McGinnity spoke to three bishops and expressed his concerns in a confidential document returned to him by the Papal Nuncio. Bishop Casey, says the Report, became aware of communication between Fr. McGinnity and three bishops, and at a subsequent meeting with Fr. McGinnity called on him to produce a victim of sexual abuse by Monsignor Ledwith.

McGinnity, who did not know of such a victim and couldn't produce one. His purpose had been to relate concerns as to the appropriateness of his relationship with some students and he never had any specific allegations to report. In connection with the accusion of sexual abuse against a minor the Inquiry was hampered by the confidentiality clause agreed between Ledwith and the complainant, and the Ferns Report was unable to make any specific finding.

It did, however, repeat the substance of accusations and noted that the complainant had alleged that the abuse began when he was 13 years old and lasted until he was The Inquiry discovered that the Diocese of Ferns had spent substantial monies providing counselling for the complainant [ 11 ] and they also noted that Fr Walter Ford, who had investigated the allegation on behalf of the Diocese, reported to Dr Comiskey that he found the accusation as 'capable of being true' [ 12 ].

In response the Bishop ordered Ledwidth to attend a treatment centre in the United States in , but he declined and commenced proceedings against Dr Comiskey under Canon law.

This resulted in the Diocescan investigation ceasing as the complaint was discovered to be outside the Canonical Statute of Limitations, and Bishop Comiskey declined to pursue the matter by other means at his disposal [ 13 ]. In connection with the parallel investigation undertaken by the Maynooth authorities Msr Ledwith was initially open to a proposal waiving the confidentiality clause agreed with the complainant in the civil application, and this was also agreed to by the complainant [ 14 ].

However Dr Ledwith subsequently changed his mind as he was dissatified with the conduct of the sub-committee of Trustees appointed to investigate. After a lengthy investigation he was summoned to the Archibishop's House in Dublin for further questioning, and attended with a solicitor and two Senior Counsel. There he informed the Sub-Committee that he felt that the procedure adopted was fundamentally flawed and unfair from the perspective of civil and canonical law and he submitted his resignation as President of Maynooth [ 15 ].

The Ferns Report, while making no comment on the substance of the allegation, was highly critical of Ledwith's behaviour nd they stated that 'as with many other priests accused of child abuse' Msr Ledwith 'attacked the process rather than facing any charges' [ 16 ]. The Committee also examined the McGinnity affair and found inconsistencies in the evidence presented to the Commission by the surviving Bishops from and the seven former Semanarians.

The Bishops emphatically denied that there had been any allegations known of homosexual activity, whereas the former Semanarians and Fr McGinnity in evidence directly contradicted the Bishop's submission.

Ledwith, in his own evidence to the Commission, confirmed that Dr Comiskey had informed him that a charge of homosexuality had been made against him.