Good for the goose

I was reading the barking bishes blog earlier when I came across this highly amusing piece of hypocrisy!

"It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy unless it is transparently obvious that it is intended as a fancy dress costume at a fancy dress party, or something of that kind, and the intention, wittingly or unwittingly, is not to deceive anyone into believing the fake cleric is actually an ordained clergyman in holy orders. Someone who has impersonated another person for many years, for example, might be clinically diagnosed as having a mental disorder for compulsive impostorising. Impostor syndrome, sometimes called impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome, however, is a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalise their accomplishments, and should not be confused with the kind of malicious impersonation being described here which is often accompanied by acts that are to the detriment of the impersonated.  In many countries it is a crime to impersonate somebody on the internet, and it is certainly illegal to dress up as a priest if the person doing so could be confused with a real clergyman."

Aside from the fact he seems to have taken seriously what is obviously a blatant piece of mickey taking, he's also conveniently forgotten that his own claims of episcopalness are highly suspect to say the least. Even if, as he says, he was consecrated a bishop, he was then excommunicated. He can't have one without the other. If the consecration was valid it naturally follows that the excommunication was valid too. Particularly as both rites were performed by the same man. Either way, his claims of being a prelate are as fake as his usernames.
He has no church, no diocese and no congregation. When I asked him what services he performed he avoided the question with his old ploy of crying abuse.
I think maybe its time to hang up the silly hat and stop wearing purple, although it'll probably match his complexion when he reads this. :-)))

The More the Merrier

A couple of weeks ago I asked if anybody knew of any sock puppet usernames coined by our potty prelate friend and the response has been frankly astonishing. Here's a few to start.......

Mythbuster
Arminius Vambery
James
Katrina Garforth-Bles
Dennis Crawford
Michael Thane
Demonologist
Vampirologist
Vampire Researcher
Vampire Research Society
Exorcistate
So late into the night
Robin Crisp
Peter Lord
George Byron
‘Caledfwych’ (the name of King Arthur’s sword!)
Society of St. George
Apostle of Christ
Veritas

I think a trip to Bishops Are Us is due. A bigger silly hat's definately needed with all those nutters sharing it. Stay tuned for more!!

Thanks for all the suggestions and keep them coming.

Show me the money

A word of warning to any authors or purveyors of merchandise. It seems our nutty friend ordered himself a copy of Patsy Langleys 'The Highgate Vampire Casebook' and promised to send a cheque to pay for it. Well guess what, no cheque ever arrived. Could it be the three cars and the Bournmouth bungalow have left him strapped for cash, after all not too long ago he was complaining he couldn't afford his favourite libel suits.
I suggest he hand the collection plate round although with only him to contribute it might take a while.

Seriously though Sean, thievings not a very christian to do now is it. If you must steal, why not take some lead off the outhouse church roof, it's not like anyone ever goes in there!

Will/can he pay?........ watch this space!

What a load of crap

I thought for a start we could take a look at Sean's reaction to the temporary closure of the SNW forum Highgate threads.

http://friendsofbishopseanmanchester.blogspot.com/

Please note the continued insistance that it wasn't him posting all along under various usernames despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Also, some of us will be pleased to find we've been exposed to both barrels of his self-righteous vitriol....... all the while still trying to pretend it's not actually him.
I took the liberty of explaining to him that his secret was out earlier, nothing yet, but I wait with bated breath for his no doubt witty and charming reply :-))

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