Favourite One-liners Volume 4 (Privacy edition)

“What do you need privacy for if you’re not doing anything wrong?”
–Mr Brookes, Eucharistic Minister from St Alphonsus Parish, Principal of the Parish Elementary School
I had met Mr Brooks at Adoration and so when I started to think there had been a background check, I sought out his advice and assistance as a community elder. Above is / was his take on privacy back in 2017.

“If I’m told not to talk to you, I’m not going to talk to you.”
–Brendan Quigley
Brendan is the Diocese IT Director. I found his name in my Google Drive and didn’t know why. Searched for his name on facebook and messaged him. We had a phone call and I realised the St Alphonsus bulletins were owned by him. In that conversation, he also said that he was told not to communicate with me, he wouldn’t.

“Well, ya gotta be careful what you put on Facebook because people are going to talk!”
-the Douro Parish secretary
I asked her if thought people should be screened out of RCIA based on Facebook posts and this was her response. I said I was concerned because of a comment another secretary had said about me “believing in climate change” and was trying to make the point that political views, as gleaned from trolling someone’s social media, shouldn’t be relied upon as a full picture of someone’s character or suitability for RCIA. Her response was the above. No nuance.
This was just after the Trespass notice at St Alphonsus was imposed. I believe St Alphonsus secretary had been surfing my social media and formed a preconception of me, which accounts for why I didn’t have a sponsor for their RCIA even in Week 8 when everyone else had. This phone conversation with the secretary was the basis for my calling Cst Gillespie about being able to request to meet with the Parish Council about my suspicions about Hanah’s screening me out. I believe Joseph Devereaux didn’t want a newcomer trying to speak to the Parish Council about staff or priest’s indiscretions. The Parish Councils consist of lay people who are there to provide that additional layer of conflict resolution, oversight, a second set of eyes but the clerical authoritarian Chancellor of Spiritual Affairs, Joseph Devereaux, took that as being disruptive or not receiving information in the way he demanded.