Now, a further update in relation to the porn peddler, Mr Bridgeman, of Angels Adult Boutique Sex Shop, Limerick, and his priest (for now) friend, Terry O Connell, and indeed a few others also.
1. Terry, it is well known (but brazenly denied by you) that you were allegedly in posession of a fake relic glove of now St Padre Pio, alongside a fake certificate of authenticity issued in Bulgaria. Is this not true?
2. How much did you pay for that fake relic and certificate?
3. Is it not also true Terry, that you did allegedly sell these items to someone in the knowledge that they were fake, for a substantial sum of money?
4. Is it not true that you were found out when the person to whom you sold them submitted them for authenticity validation and was told they were fake?
5. Furthermore, Terry, and your porn peddling friend Bridgeman, is it not true that you both allegedly recently acquired a now validly certified genuine relic of a St Pio glove, and paid out a minimum of over €100,000 (one hundred thousand euros) so as to acquire the aforementioned glove?
6. How did you, Mr Bridgeman, square such a purchase with the Revenue Commissioners (taxman in Ireland)....or have you?
7. For how many years have both you Terry, and Bridgeman, allegedly travelled the world with the fake relic which you presented as genuine, and then acquiring the current genuine model?
8. Did you both ever make money from such 'enterprising'?
9. Do those whom you currently engage know of such previous criminal behaviour? If not, why not?
10. In recent times, it has been evidenced to us here of both your ongoing criminal behaviour which we will make more reference to in this posting, but we will take it step by step - but lets start with this part - you Mr Bridgeman recently posted the following, and we quote
'Selling of 'Anointed' objects is a form of Witchcraft and Idolatry' (unquote)
(quote) 'Beware of people selling same in hotels and setting up stalls rear of churches' (unquote)
So, the six figure sum you and Terry paid out for the verified relic Mr Bridgeman.....how would you describe that....
Witchcraft? Idolatry? (both words from the lips of Terry O Connell)
11. Speaking of the backs of churches Terry, and indeed Mr Bridgeman, how would you describe someone who procures the labour of others (who are vulnerable) to follow someone out of a church and speak in a manner (of which we have evidence) too disgusting to type here....having been paid by you both to do so (of which we also have evidence)?
Witchcraft?
Or just evil?
Vile?
12. How much is all this costing ye?
How are ye declaring it to Revenue?
Is it worth it?
13. Are ye making the money back on the genuine glove now or is that even being recorded now and declared to Revenue?
14. Bishop Leahy, how is it that Terry O Connell was allegedly hauled back from his trip north some months ago under a cloud of suspicion by the Diocese of Limerick?
15. And further Bishop Leahy, did you or Gerard Crowley attempt to find out what Mr O Connell was doing in trying to involve a member of An Garda Síochána in behaviour that is legally tantamount to harassment and intimidation?
16. Now, Terry and Bridgeman, in case ye feel left out, did ye honestly think that your attempts to allegedly bribe / pay service providers to pull away from their contracts earlier this year would go unnoticed?
Again it raises the question of where all this money is coming from...but despite your attempts to sabotage the event, it went ahead and indeed we were in attendance there in both plain sight and not so plain sight...and we are grateful to the lawful assistance we were provided with in so doing...ye know who ye are!!
17. We have evidence of a registered ministry for Padre Pio in Limerick....but not yours Terry/Michael...yet ye keep claiming on your Facebook accounts that ye are registered....so why all the lies and deceit which is tantamount to fraud?
Why not publish the alleged evidence of being allegedly registered?
You are also required to be Garda vetted, and again we ask that evidence of such Garda vetting has taken place and Garda clearance has been given to you both.
18. In a Facebook posting of July 3rd 2025, you Mr Bridgeman claim to have a genuine (quote) 'mit' (unquote) but there is no certificate to verify it as such....why not?
19. In the same post, you claim that the documents are allegedly registered with the Diocese of Limerick and also in Dublin - but you have not published them on this same aforementioned posting...why not?
20. You also allegedly blatantly lie on same post by claiming (quote) 'a very bad evil couple accused it of being fake' (unquote) - who is this couple Mr Bridgeman?
21. Are they allegedly the people who you have knowingly (and of which we have lawful evidence) paid others to harass and intimidate?
22. Are they allegedly the couple whom you have made false allegations against to your Garda friend in Mayorstone Garda Station (all evidenced - no alleging), who then made telephone calls (recorded) to the same couple, at your behest and on your behalf - as evidenced in the recordings where your name is mentioned?
How much did that call cost you Terry / Michael?
How much did it allegedly cost ye to allegedly bribe a member of An Garda Síochána to do your dirty work?
23. Is it not true Terry/Michael that in fact ye were called out a few years ago for going around with the fake 'relic' which ye tried to pawn off and had to make settlement over, for fear of it going public (ref points 2 - 4 inclusive) and the couple who have the real relic - tried to prevent other genuine people from being allegedly defrauded by you both?
24. Only when ye allegedly paid out the six figure sum (ref point 5) could ye then claim the relic was real, but ye failed to mention to people that the relic ye had before was indeed a fake - and the couple who ye both have been lying about, harassing, threatening and intimidating for the last while were indeed being honest about ye - which is more than what ye have been about them?
25. Mr Bridgeman, on a Facebook posting on 12th July, 2025, you claim to have an authentic relic of St Charbel....how do we know it is real?
26. How much did you pay for it?
27. Have you declared it to Revenue?
28. Who is your new friend, Bernie Cawley? (we have very intersting evidence of who exactly this person is)
29. Terry, in July and August, we became aware of a message whereby you claim that people are trying to destroy your priesthood, and you were going to sue those you claim are doing this - are we going to be getting a day out in court with you?
30. We would certainly be happy to go to any court room - canonical or civil - and present all the evidence we have (3 times verified) to any judge and jury....would that be ok with you?
31. In relation to matters canonical, is it not true Terry that the Diocese of Limerick held a canonical court in relation to you and that you are appealing the recommendation of laicisation to Rome?
32. Will you be suing the Diocese of Limerick for such?
33. Will you sue Rome if it upholds the determination of Limerick?
34. Terry / Michael - will ye continue with your alleged fraud and alleged harassment?
35. Bishop Leahy - will you allow this to continue...i.e alleged harassment, alleged intimidation, alleged slander etc via an employee of the Diocese of Limerick?
36. Gerard Crowley, will you allow this to continue...i.e alleged harassment, alleged intimidation, alleged slander etc via an employee of the Diocese of Limerick?
37. On September 4th 2025, an article was published, and circulated (not by CW let it be noted) that came to our attention with the mugshots of Terry, Michael and Philip - warning people to be aware of their alleged fraudelent activity.....and yet ye continue...why?
38. On 22nd September 2025, Mr Bridgeman posts a piece on Facebook, some lines as follows...
(quote) Saints are not a business,
Saints relics are not a business
God is not a business.
Be careful of lay people selling at rear of churches and hotels using relics for financial gain. (unquote)
So Terry / Michael - if relics are not a business, explain the payment of €100,000 for the real relic of St Pio...and then why you have not made reparation for defrauding people with the fake relic all the years beforehand.
39. Why such a large payment for a relic?
40. Why knowingly sell a fraudulent relic some years ago and then have to refund the ill-gotten gains to the person ye defrauded?
41. Where is all the money for such purchases coming from?
For now, we leave these questions to all named parties concerned, and we will continue our investigations and evidence gathering...and then once legally cleared...we will publish further.
And the invitation to our solicitors office remains on the table for those who wish to take us up on it.....get in touch.