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Pat Buckley: Controversial independent Catholic bishop dies

Pat Buckley, a controversial and outspoken independent Catholic bishop who was convicted of conducting sham marriages, has died at the age of 72.

The Oratory Society said he died following a short illness.

Since 1986, Bishop Buckley, who was based in Larne, County Antrim, acted as an independent cleric outside mainstream Catholicism.

His official status within the Catholic Church was that of a suspended priest.

The church said he had excommunicated himself after he was consecrated as a bishop in 1998 by Dr Michael Cox, a similarly controversial figure who famously ordained the singer Sinead O’Connor into the priesthood.

It described his consecration as “valid but unlawful”.

In 2013, Bishop Buckley admitted involvement in sham marriages, which were being used to help non-EU nationals gain UK residency.

He was given a three-and-a half-year jail sentence, suspended for three years, as he was being treated for medical issues including HIV.


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