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These are names 1,001-1,500 on NotMe.ie, together with the people’s reasons for symbolically defecting from the Catholic Church (or any other church). You can read other names and reasons at the links below.

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Josephine Geoghegan
21st August 2018
Reason The more I learn about other cultures the more I realise that the evil committed by the catholic church is a drop in the ocean compared to what they do to more vulnerable people. Knowing what happens as a result of their cruelty in Ireland, and knowing that I have an incredible level of privilege, I realise the intense suffering that those vulnerable people go through is unconscionable.
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Joshua Perraton
14th January 2021
Reason Fuck the church
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Joshua Rhea
31st July 2023
Reason I’m tired of being under the tyranny of C
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Julie Kelleher
9th August 2015
Reason I have no belief in deities, gods, superstitions or any such fictional myths.
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Julie Murnaghan
18th August 2015
Reason I simply do not believe in religion any more
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Julie Stevenson
23rd April 2016
Reason I don’t want to be associated in any way with an organisation that does not accept so many pepoke. More importantly I do not want anything to do with an organisation who abused so many children, adults snd those that looked up to them the most. No one can support this type of abuse or the way in which it was covered up and still is to this day.
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Julie Wilton
27th August 2018
Reason Christened at 1 month old in 1984 as it is what was done. I want to fdefect as I want no connection to any paedophiles, racists, sexists and people who see me as less than men and as a human incubator. no thanks. Get me off the rehister. now.
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JUNE PLUNKETT
16th August 2015
Reason I do not believe in God and have no respect or time for the Catholic church that I had no choice in being baptised into.
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Justin Slamen
30th May 2018
Reason It’s all a load of evil bullshit.
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Justine Murphy
23rd August 2015
Reason I strongly disagree with many of the church’s teachings and policies.
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Kae Verens
29th May 2018
Reason not sure why I’m on the list in the first place. I certainly didn’t sign up for it
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Kaila Hudson
8th April 2019
Reason Don’t believe in this church
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Karen Gallagher
9th August 2015
Reason I’m an atheist.
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Karen Garvin
5th March 2017
Reason So many many atrocities have been committed by Catholic Church. Affecting the most vulnerable, the defenceless, the alone. I will not stand passively by while you sanitise this with an \”enquiry\”. I am not part of the church that says you continue to not have any rights. I am not on the fence. Enough.
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Karen Heffernan
13th August 2018
Reason Not my choice to be baptised, i do not believe in any god
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karen Kelly
14th June 2018
Reason I do not believe nor agree with the Church nor it’s teachings
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Karen L
6th March 2017
Reason I never believed, and I don’t want to be attached to an institution of shame, fear, and oppression any longer.
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Karen Mc Intyre
9th August 2015
Reason I despise the catholic church.
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Karen Mulchinock
31st October 2019
Reason I no longer wish to be associated with the Catholic Church.
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Karen O’Neill
28th May 2018
Reason Their hatred of women, the sexual abuse, their lies, the shame, the hypocrisy, the cruelty, their disgust for sex, their campaigns against divorce, abortion and contraception, their dishonesty
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Karen Walsh
10th June 2018
Reason I am NOT a believer of the catholic faith , nor a supporter of its teachings or beliefs. I believe in gender equality. The laws and preaching of this religion I find suppressive and inhuman. I am not a catholic. Thank you.
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Karl Byrne
19th May 2018
Reason There is no Jesus
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Karyn O’Brien
7th April 2019
Reason I don’t believe any of the stories the church teaches. I don’t believe the world was made in 7 days. I don’t believe in Adam and Eve, Moses parting the sea, Noah’s ark or any other stories. I don’t believe women are second class citizens. I don’t agree with they horrific treatment of women and children that happened in the Magdelene laundries. I don’t believe Paedophiles should be continuously protected. I definietly do not think the church who have continously allowed these things to happen and have done nothing to address it, have any right to talk to people about morality. I am a good, kind, loving, empathetic person. I teach my son to be the same.
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Kate Clifford
3rd November 2020
Reason Do not agree with the Church opinions
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Kate Collins
27th April 2016
Reason I am atheist. Nobody asked my consent to baptise me, and I resent the fact that I was.
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Kate Meleady
27th August 2018
Reason Continuous crimes being committed and covered up – vile institution
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Kate O’Brien
4th October 2016
Reason MANY!
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Kate O’Neill
28th November 2020
Reason I don’t believe in God.
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Kate Willett
1st August 2023
Reason Circumstances
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Katharina Casey
8th September 2016
Reason I realise I am an Atheist and do not want to be counted a Catholic.
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Katherine Mehan
7th June 2020
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Kathleen McGrath
30th May 2018
Reason I was baptised, communed and confirmed while still a child and could not understand nor consent to the ramifications. I despise the church and their abuses agains children, men and women.
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Kathleen Mendiola
31st August 2018
Reason “By their fruits you shall know them,” and I wish to depart a church the sick corruption of which goes to the very top and sickens decent people everywhere.
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Kathriona Moloney
28th August 2018
Reason I am not a Catholic, never chose to be. I support the full separation of church and State.
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Katie Clarkson
10th January 2021
Reason Religion is no longer necessary in society and p
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Katie Delaney
10th October 2018
Reason I don’t believe, I don’t practice and I don’t think I should be counted as a member of a church I am not part of.
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Katie Donnelly
15th January 2021
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Katie Hedderman
30th August 2017
Reason Non believer
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Katie McGarr
24th May 2019
Reason Atheist
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Katie O’ Reilly
19th December 2016
Reason Its not for me
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Katie Scully
11th May 2018
Reason It wasn’t my choice. If I can ever leave officially, I will. I don’t want to be associated with such an ugly religion.
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Katie Sweeney
28th May 2018
Reason I no longer wish to associate with the church.
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Katrina Rogers
27th August 2018
Reason I have never felt like I was Catholic… I am not practicing and never have.
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Kayleigh Walsh
21st March 2021
Reason Disgust in church teachings and figureheads
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Kealan Buckley
13th December 2015
Reason I don’t believe
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Keith Lalor
6th February 2021
Reason Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
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Keith Lawlor
13th May 2017
Reason I no longer want to be associated with an archaic, greedy & power hungry cult.
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Keith Mitchell
11th February 2016
Reason Atheist
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Keith Murphy
30th May 2018
Reason I hate and have no respect or belief in the Catholic religion.
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Keith O’Reilly
13th March 2018
Reason I detest the church and it’s attitudes towards LGBTQ people, their coverups of CSA and rampant sexism.
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Keith O’Reilly
24th September 2018
Reason I wouldn’t want to belong to any club that would have someone like me as a member 😉
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Kellie Sweeney
27th August 2018
Reason There are why to many to name… I identify as atheist, I did not consent to this baptism, I don’t want my name associated with a paedophile ring…. I’ll be here all day …..
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Kellsie Larkin
16th May 2017
Reason Do not want to be associated with such immoral behaviour
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Kelly Davis
16th August 2015
Reason I do not believe in any God or Gods. I believe the Catholic church has committed terrible crimes particularly against women and children in this country. As a woman I do not want to be part of an organisation that regards me as second class because of my gender. I am not merely a vessel that can be sacrificed for more little Catholic foot soldiers. I believe that the church is centred on money, power and control and I resent the fact that they count me among their members when I absolutely am not. I believe in the total separation of church and state, secular democracy and no church influence, from any church, on state legislation or publicly funded hospitals and schools. I am NOT a Catholic and I have no wish to be counted as one. The fact that the Catholic church does not allow anyone to officially leave is breathtaking arrogance on their part.
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Kelly Davis
14th January 2021
Reason I’m an atheist and want nothing to do with the Catholic Church. I am not a Catholic no matter what the church says.
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Kelly O’Brien
20th February 2019
Reason I do not recognise the catholic beliefs in any shape or form.
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Kelsey O Sullivan
26th January 2018
Reason Brainwashing is a terrible thing
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Kelvin O’Connor
25th May 2015
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Kenneth Carey
18th July 2019
Reason Organised Religion Causes so much torture, abuse and deaths
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kenneth cummins
31st May 2019
Reason I am now becoming one of Jehovah’s Witness an no longer wish to be associated with the catholic church at any level
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Kenneth O’Flaherty
26th March 2023
Reason Non believer
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Kerrie Loughran
2nd February 2018
Reason Do not want to be Catholic!!
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Kerry Mulcahy
14th January 2021
Reason Lack of belief in a God
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Kev Koslowski-Smith
14th January 2021
Reason Atheist for many years & just heard you could do this
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Kevin Bradshaw
16th August 2015
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Kevin Callaghan
9th July 2018
Reason un-interested in the Catholic religion and wish to leave it.
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Kevin Creagh
8th December 2021
Reason I have not believed in god for a very long time and I despise how the Catholic church has treated vulnerable working class women, children, men and boys.
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Kevin Doherty
10th August 2015
Reason Humanist, anti-theist
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Kevin Fagan
8th October 2018
Reason Disgust and disbelief
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Kevin Fahy
23rd April 2017
Reason Do not believe in a god or any religion. Am Atheist.
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Kevin French
24th November 2016
Reason Non believer
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Kevin Horan
17th August 2015
Reason I am not a Catholic. I was christened in the 1970s as was the tradition of the time. I don’t believe in God or the teachings of the catholic church.
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Kevin Hurley
14th September 2019
Reason I was signed up for this against my will. I will go through any means, no matter how drastic, to formally defect. If that is not allowed, I will do what I must to enforce an excommunication.
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Kevin Keegan
25th January 2020
Reason Atheist
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Kevin Lougheed
26th January 2018
Reason I have been an atheist since 2004
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Kevin Maye
7th February 2021
Reason Non believer, dont agree with the church, dont like the church, sickened by their history, etc etc etc
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kevin mc caughley
31st October 2015
Reason common sense
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Kevin McCarthy
16th August 2015
Reason Atheist
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Kevin McCarthy
29th January 2017
Reason My own
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Kevin McParland
14th October 2020
Reason The centuries long sexual abuse and cover up of the abuse of vulnerable devout Catholiics by clergy members and their enablers
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Kevin Michael Schroeder
9th January 2022
Reason The church’s views on LEGTQ+ rights and abortion, handling of child sex abuse cases, tax evasion practices, promotion of the “sin today, repent tomorrow” mentality.
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Kevin Mitchell
11th January 2015
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Kevin Neville
7th March 2017
Reason The Catholic Church is pure evil.
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Kevin O Sullivan
6th February 2016
Reason I’m an Atheist
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Kevin O’Dononghue
28th November 2016
Reason Logic , reason and my view that the catholic church behaved in a criminal manner is perptrating and covering up child sex abuse. I will not be married or raise my children in this criminal cult
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Kevin O’Donovan
14th May 2019
Reason No belief in church/god
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Kevin Sheedy
28th January 2017
Reason I was indoctrinated into the Catholic religion as child. This was never a reasoned choice. Now as an informed adult I freely choose to confirm my status as an atheist.
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kieran jones
1st March 2017
Reason Atheism
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Kieran Kelly
26th July 2023
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Kieran Mc Gettigan
5th June 2017
Reason After years of reading and discussion, I have come to the conclusion that there is an outstanding lack of evidence or proof that a god exists.
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Killian Butler
20th August 2017
Reason I am an atheist
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Killian O’Dwyer
9th November 2020
Reason Only baptist because parents thought it was required for school admission
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Killian Redmond
27th June 2017
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Killian Sheehan
27th August 2015
Reason It’s a load of shit
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Kim Rice
10th March 2018
Reason I don’t believe in a god. However, the key reason I’m defecting is that I want nothing to do with a misogynistic, power hungry, war mongering group. I’m also fighting for the rights of women, queers and trans people, which the church are ardently against. I believe in female bodily autonomy and think it’s high time to separate church and state. #repealthe8th
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Kimberley Langton
23rd October 2022
Reason Disbelieve in Catholic doctrine, disgust at organised religion.
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Kimberly Caul
10th December 2020
Reason I had no say in joining and I absolutely abhor the Catholic Church and all it stands for.
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Kirsty Ann Phelan
23rd May 2019
Reason No longer a believer in religion
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Kirsty Kinsella
9th August 2015
Reason I consider myself an atheist.
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Kirsty O’Gorman
30th August 2019
Reason The catholic church is a disgrace
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Klaus Romero
18th June 2017
Reason I’ve been an atheist since I was twelve years of age. I do not want to be counted as a catholic.
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Kreeta Taponen
7th January 2019
Reason I’m an Atheist and therefore do not wish to subscribe to any religion including Evangelical Lutheran, into which I was baptized.
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Kristen Frye
20th February 2021
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Kristine D’Alton
26th August 2018
Reason I do not want to be associated with this religion in anyway , shape or form. Their actions offend me
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Krzysztof Rybaczyk
29th May 2021
Reason by.. by… catolic mafia
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kyle clyma
19th March 2016
Reason Converting to my true beliefs.
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kyle knight
14th October 2020
Reason I want to be a Jedi
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Kylw Flavin
10th August 2015
Reason I never willingly joined this church and do not believe in any gods and find the teachings of the church completely absurd and want nothing to do with them in any way
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L T
25th December 2015
Reason Ethical opposition to church policy
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Lachlan Lewis
27th January 2018
Reason I have never believed in a god, and the Bible is full of bullsh*t.
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Landa Walsh I nev
27th August 2018
Reason I think it’s wrong to baptise babies. I am an atheist and I want out of this church. Simple as that.
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Laoise Keaveney
11th February 2020
Reason I think Religion causes more evil than money and humanity put together. It has solidly destroyed my own career twice.
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Laoise McKeogh
8th March 2017
Reason I have never felt the religious pull of the RCC, for as long as I can remember I have wanted nothing more than to be away from it and I wish for this institution to no say in my life or the lives of any children I may have.
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Larry Dalton
19th March 2017
Reason When I was 7, a bishop explained what a mystery was. I knew then that it was all lies.
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Laura Bernadette Murray
20th August 2018
Reason I am not Catholic
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Laura Campbell
30th April 2023
Reason No longer hold the beliefs of the Catholic Church and oppose their influence and control over the education of our children. Also oppose their influence on important matters such as same sex relationships and abortion rights.
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Laura Cassin
22nd August 2018
Reason I do not want any attachment to this farce of an organisation.
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Laura Coade
18th September 2022
Reason Never had a connection with Catholicism
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Laura Grealish
17th August 2015
Reason I simply don’t believe in religious fairy stories (otherwise known as doctrine)
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Laura Horan
23rd October 2017
Reason I am not practising Catholic religion
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Laura Hyland
30th May 2018
Reason I no longer believe in Catholicism.
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Laura Judge
21st May 2018
Reason They are so corrupt and disgusting they should be ashamed and disgusted to call themselves a “religion”
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Laura Kennedy
29th April 2019
Reason No longer want to be a member of an organisation I neither participate it nor support.
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Laura Keyes
21st April 2018
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Laura Madigan
24th November 2019
Reason Atheist, indoctrinated through the state school system before I was old enough to consent. Never believed.
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Laura Maguire
26th August 2018
Reason Atheist since I was 13 (i.e. old enough to think for myself) and I want no association with the world’s largest pedophile ring. The RCC is an evil institution.
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Laura Meehan
15th April 2018
Reason I do not believe in any kind of organised religion and I am disgusted by the various kinds of past abuses, especially against women and children, sanctioned by the Catholic church in Ireland and elsewhere across the world.
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laura mulcahy
17th August 2015
Reason the catholic church does no good in any community. all it serves to do is brainwash people.
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Laura Prendergast
17th July 2019
Reason I do not believe in god or the Catholic Church. I did not choose to be a member of the Church. Its hard to comprehend why anyone would want to be involved with an organisation who has been a source of constant systemeic abuse of women and children all over the world.
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Laura Reynolds
30th May 2018
Reason I do not acknowledge views of the Catholic Church and I do not practice Catholicism. I don’t wish to be counted in their ‘flock’
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Laura standing-harvey
16th June 2021
Reason Don’t want to be associated with a organisintion that countinally harms children women and vuerable people.
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Laura Tyrrell
9th September 2018
Reason I am an atheist and was forced into the church as a child.
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Laura-Jane McCarthy
10th March 2017
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Lauren Ashmore
19th July 2017
Reason I am now an atheist.
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Lauren Boland
30th July 2018
Reason Non believer
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Lauren Franey
7th December 2016
Reason I identify as an Atheist and believe the Catholic Church should able people to leave as they have no say in their baptism as it takes places at such a young age.
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Lauren Garvey
9th July 2021
Reason I’m Pagan and do not agree with the Catholic way of life
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Lauren Kehoe
18th August 2015
Reason
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Lauren Lawler
17th June 2022
Reason clericalism, sex abuse scandals, cover ups, corruption, fundamentalism, policing of women’s bodies, lack of female leadership, gatekeeping of Sacraments, cancelled my PhD program and paid me less than a living wage and not allowing me to unionize as a catholic educator, misogynist theology, refusing to change, outdated beliefs and practices, failure to listen to women or youth, LGBTQIA+ phobia while the Vatican is the gayest place on earth, failure to enact VII changes, failure to accept blame and consequences of past egregious mistakes while pointing the finger at others, the list goes on…
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Lauren Neville-Hennessy
13th April 2017
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Laurence William (Lar) Newman
22nd October 2022
Reason I don’t believe in God and am repulsed by the acts of the Catholic Church in Ireland and elsewhere
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Leah Clohessy
2nd June 2018
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Leah Cullen
17th April 2016
Reason Not a believer. Don’t want to be associated with the villainous treacherous that the Catholic Church has committed over the years.
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Leah Curran
12th August 2017
Reason I do not belive in God and I do not have faith in the religion. I have been atheist for many years now.
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Leah McHugh
15th January 2024
Reason I do not believe in the doctrine or actions of the Roman Catholic church. I am and always have been an athiest. I do not wish to be in any way associated with any religioous organisation, especially the Roman Catholic church.
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Leanne Brennan
28th September 2019
Reason Reasons for defection: As a spiritual person the Catholic Church is at odds with both, all the life experiences that became antecedents to my personal growth and every intuition I have about what is right, moral and just!
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Leanne Clarke
29th June 2017
Reason I don’t want to be associated with a corrupt organisation anymore
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Lee Doherty
10th April 2016
Reason No longer believe
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Lee Harman
26th November 2017
Reason Over 1000 years of lies, deceit, and miss truths about the real nature of human beings worldwide. I refuse to be assotiated with much a corrupt organisation. Really i am Pagan, but a lot of my knowledge of the old pagans has been wiped out by the Catholics, so until i learn more i am happy to be known as athiest
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Lee McGurk
30th April 2020
Reason I’m a man of science. I’m an athiest. I dont believe in fairy tales anymore than I believe in people that claim good, bad and indifferent things happen “because god”. All religion is a man made fallacy to make stupid people feel they arent as insignificant as they really actually are.
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Lee Ritchie
28th July 2020
Reason want freedom from religion
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Lee Ritchie
26th September 2020
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Leigh Arthur
28th May 2018
Reason Do not believe in this church’s teachings. Desire to see a separation of church and state. The oppression of women in ethos. The torture and cruelty inflicted upon, especially, women and children in Mother and baby homes. Tuam. Ann Lovett. Countless untold stories of abuse and cruelty by priests throughout the world, of which the pope and all his cardinals are knowledgable and active participants in the cover up of abuse. Zero accountability.
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Leilani Friels
5th August 2020
Reason I have been viewing religion through someone else’s eyes and not my own.
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Leo Lynch
6th August 2017
Reason To quote Father Ted: ‘It’s nonsense isn’t it?’. And many other reasons.
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Leo Naughton
8th December 2019
Reason Never truly believed. I also strongly disagree with many ideals of the Catholic Church
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Leon Reddy
14th February 2019
Reason I don’t not believe in religion I honestly thinks it’s evil and controlling. I believe in science
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Leona Gonnelly
22nd September 2017
Reason Can no longer support the most sexist and curropt entity in this country. I am my own person, I can decide what is right for me and I cannot forgive what has been done.
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Leonie Donald
8th July 2020
Reason Have never been of faith and never will be I refuse to be identified as something or someone I’m not
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Liadh Timmins
3rd June 2018
Reason Not a believer.
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Liam Croke
29th April 2022
Reason Don’t believe that any god could be as evil as to have their representatives on earth as total evil bastards
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Liam Darling
28th May 2017
Reason They practice everything they supposedly are against. Hocus Pocus rubbish
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Liam Hallinan
27th August 2018
Reason Atheist
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Liam Kavanagh
27th October 2016
Reason I no longer consider myself a Catholic. I have grown to realise that the Church serves itself and not the people. By amassing a large following, the church tries to justify its special position in Ireland and the world. I refuse to be a part of that following and would therefore choose to Defect from the Catholic Church if and when the option is available to me.
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Liam O’Sullivan
10th August 2015
Reason I never made a conscious decision to join the church, but I can make one to leave
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Lianne Hickey
22nd February 2016
Reason I no longer consider myself a Catholic and do not wish to support a religious organisation that has no respect for women and that controls by fear.
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Lilian Delaney
15th June 2021
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Lindsay Curran
9th May 2024
Reason Not interested
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Lisa Browne
25th September 2016
Reason I do not believe in the Catholic church and its hypocritical teachings
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Lisa Doolin (nee Ennis)
17th February 2022
Reason Pursuing a religion free lifestyle
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Lisa Keenan
16th August 2015
Reason I’m an atheist
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Lisa Marie Salley
10th September 2018
Reason I absolutely loath anything to do with this institution, from the abuse of children, to the death of babies in Mother & Baby homes to Magdalene Laundries to abuse of women’s rights, to the denial of abortion rights to the dismissal of LGBTI rights. In general, I believe that humans should find faith in their hearts and actions, not fairytales.
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Lisa O’Sullivan
8th June 2018
Reason I don’t believe in gods or magic, and I want nothing to do with this ridiculous organisation
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Lisa Ryan
29th May 2018
Reason Don’t believe in a god. I have higher moral aspirations than those provided by the Catholic Church!
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Lisa Shaw
9th September 2019
Reason Not Religious
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Lisa Tully
8th December 2015
Reason No longer believe in the insitution the Catholic Church
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liz griffith
10th August 2015
Reason athesist
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LizzyD
18th May 2015
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Lloyd Hegarty
20th February 2018
Reason You would want to be a right numpty to believe in any of that shite.
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Lois McCabe
30th May 2016
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loman begley
18th June 2017
Reason Atheist
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Lorcan Walshe
11th March 2017
Reason To paraphrase Jiddu Krishnamurti: It is no measure of sanity to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick religious institution.
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Loren Hire
13th February 2017
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Lorna Browne
6th March 2019
Reason I believe the Catholic Church should be disbanded and held accountable for their crimes against humanity. Any association with it makes me sick.
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Lorna Flynn
10th April 2020
Reason Non practicing
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Lorna Kelly
28th May 2018
Reason I’m not what the piece of paper says
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Lorraine McMorrow
4th April 2017
Reason Don’t want to be part of an organised Religion
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Lorraine Monagle
13th November 2016
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Lou
5th October 2021
Reason I don’t need religion in my life!
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Louise Burchall
28th August 2018
Reason Not my decision to join
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Louise Byrne
13th December 2015
Reason I don’t believe in any of your crap, drop indoctrinating our country and our children!
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Louise Caffrey
11th November 2022
Reason Non believer. Abuse of children by priests. Want secular health and education service
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Louise Etchingham
11th February 2023
Reason I always believed bible stories were fairy tales, and I have been an atheist for as long as I have been capable of conscious thought.
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Louise Higgins
17th October 2019
Reason Non believer
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Louise Kennedy
28th May 2018
Reason I haven’t believed in the existence of a deity since i was 14. but today i feel the need to officially renounce Catholicism. After the Tuam babies, mass rape and physical abuse of children, selling of babies to foreign couples without consent of parents, forcing my grandparents to put my mam up for adoption, and persecution of my LGBT friends, I have reached the end of my tether upon reading that bishops are telling people they have sinned for voting to repeal the 8th amendment. I want no part of this backward, patriarchal, bullying institution that has brought so much pain and suffering to people i love.
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Louise Phillips
7th July 2018
Reason Not been an active member of the church for 19 years
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Louise Power
22nd March 2016
Reason I was baptised as a baby and made my communion and confirmation when I was too young to make an informed decision. I am not a Catholic and do not wish to be considered one because of cultural practices and decisions made for me as a child.
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Lucy Halpin
16th August 2015
Reason No longer believe
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Lucy Pollock
5th March 2017
Reason Sick of draconian bullshit and corruption
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Luke Luke
3rd August 2021
Reason Well I’m gay so I don’t want to be a part of an organisation that considers me evil
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Luke O’Flanagan
17th January 2021
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Luke Russell
24th March 2017
Reason I no longer wish to be part of the catholic church.
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Luke Sheridan
9th August 2015
Reason Do not want to be part of a fictional belief system based on hate and inequality
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Lydia Dettling
20th September 2019
Reason Do not believe in the Roman Catholic beliefs or practices.
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Lynda Brennan
16th August 2015
Reason Non belief in catholic doctrine & rejection of all deities
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Lynn Millar
11th March 2017
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Lynne Meehan
9th July 2018
Reason Selling babies, forced adoption, withholding information, shaming women, homophobic, rape, sexual assault, controlling, power hungry, brainwashing, physical and emotional abuse……need I say much more!!
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Mabel Carlos Glynn
16th September 2018
Reason Tuam. Magdalene Laundries. Industrial Schools. Mother and aby Homes. Argentina. Pennsylvania. The Netherlands. And on and on …
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Macdara Butler
19th March 2017
Reason Enlightment
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Maeve Heslin
30th March 2016
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Maeve McCarthy
26th June 2018
Reason In memory of all the women who suffered at the hands of the church. And for myself – to never be associated with an organisation who sees my worth as a woman as so little
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Maighread Hourihane
27th February 2018
Reason I’m non believer, a woman and I believe in accountability
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Mairead Corrigan
26th March 2020
Reason I do not wish to be apart of a religion I had no say in joining, nor do I agree with the ideals Catholicism represents.
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Mairead mc Guinness
17th August 2015
Reason I dont want to be counted as Catholic, I dont believe in original sin and I dont want to be associated with the hypocrisy, power hunger, mysogony, and child abuse and other crimes of this church. I am furious that my child is being denied the right to education because he is not baptised. If the church practised accpetance, love, if they believed in equality and in the goodness of humanity that Jesus would have preached, I wouldnt have tried to defect.
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Mairin Cahill
12th November 2018
Reason I have no faith in the church as an institution and joined only to appease others. I am appalled by their rejection of even the most basic rights for women and their unwillingn
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Majella Reid
9th August 2022
Reason No longer identify
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malwina kitowska
1st February 2022
Reason i don’t believe in catholicism
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Manus Halligan
17th August 2015
Reason I don’t believe in their teachings. I want no part in it.
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Marc Ó Foghlú
10th August 2015
Reason This church, and religion in general, is a scam.
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Marc O’Neill
13th March 2018
Reason Have been atheist all my life.
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Marcus Byrne
9th March 2018
Reason Unbeliever
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Margaret Gormley
31st October 2015
Reason I do not want to be counted as a Catholic
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Margaret Kearns
6th March 2017
Reason The Catholic Church has been a destructive force in the lives of Irish people.
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Margaret Leonard
10th August 2015
Reason total non believer and have been for sometime
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Margaret Paterson
18th May 2017
Reason Truama caused by Catholicism, does not believe anymore, and converting to another religion
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Margaret Walter
6th November 2019
Reason I am of my own free will and mind. I no longer wish to be part of this cult.
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Margaret Wiedemann
24th May 2018
Reason Baptism was forced as child.
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Marguerite Meagher
18th January 2021
Reason I’m an atheist and I find the Catholic Church to be, quite frankly, disgusting
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Maria Flood
19th March 2017
Reason I resent it. I resent the lack of choice. I resent the sexism. I resent the lies: now and then. I resent the hidden, the overt, the manipulative, horrific treatment of women. I resent the sacrifices my mother made and the justifications she continues to make because her identity cannot be separated from a church who lied to her. I resent the lack of sex education. I resent the sexual abuse. I resent the limitations it put on my father, on his feelings, on his opportunities. I resent the person who my mother thought she had to be. I resent the questions my nieces have to ask about who this God could be when they watch the news and dead babies have been uncovered. I resent the fact that I am terrified to give birth to a child in my own country because if something goes wrong, I am not protected. I resent the fact that thousands of girls have had to travel alone or give birth alone or live alone.
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Maria Griffin
29th May 2018
Reason I’m an atheist
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Maria Long
14th April 2017
Reason I do not believe in god or religion, so I do not want to be counted and used in statistics to buoy up a group I don’t support. We need a separation of church and state. We need non-religious schools. I want positive change.
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Maria Malone
11th May 2018
Reason A year after birth, no choice. Never practiced religion, never believed in the Bible or any of the religious practices
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maria mccarthy
16th August 2015
Reason i haven’t been a practicing Catholic since I did so under my parents’ instruction at the age of 13, 27 years ago
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MARIA MILLER
20th July 2018
Reason Do not belive in any of the hypocritical content taught in the Catholic Church
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Maria Price
19th March 2017
Reason Well, there’s no such thing as god.
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Maria Smith
31st August 2015
Reason Non-belief
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Maria Teresa Bologna
22nd February 2019
Reason I don’t believe in the institution of the Catholic Church, I have no respect and abhor their practices but ultimately, growing up I’ve come to disagree with the religious teachings or God as the catholics think of it.
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Marian O’Sullivan
10th August 2015
Reason I want to leave this vile church
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Marian Power
12th August 2017
Reason I have no interest in religion of any shape or form
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Marian Stout
3rd April 2020
Reason Intolerable cruelty through the ages up to recently. Abuse, slavery and lies and gain money from naievty
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Marie Dowd
11th September 2018
Reason I am not Catholic
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Marie Dowd
16th January 2021
Reason Disgusted by the abuse in the Catholic church and don’t want to be associated with it
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Marie Dunphy
26th August 2018
Reason No belief
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Marie McDonagh
25th December 2019
Reason Non belief
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Marie O’Rourke
26th October 2017
Reason I am a Buddhist and do not believe there is a god.
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Marisa Celentano
20th April 2023
Reason I want to be free
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Marisa Tamburrini
10th March 2018
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Marjorie Magee
1st June 2018
Reason I am an atheist. The catholic church with its corruption , misogyny and vile treatment of women is not relevant to me.
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Mark Cleary
21st August 2018
Reason Forced Upon Me Before Age of Concent. Proud Athiest
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Mark Comiskey
30th August 2018
Reason i do not support the church nor believe in god
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Mark Creagh
9th April 2016
Reason I don’t believe any of it.
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Mark Dignam
28th June 2018
Reason I am not one of them. I am an atheist.
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Mark Doran
22nd November 2015
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Mark Eiffe
3rd December 2015
Reason Was never a member of any religion of my own free will
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Mark Foley
19th March 2017
Reason I’m an Atheist and want nothing to do with the corrupt corporation that is the Catholic Church.
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Mark Hennessy
10th February 2020
Reason No child should be indoctrinated into a religion without their consent.
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Mark Leslie
6th April 2017
Reason I am an atheist. I am a believer in reason, logic and science. I believe organised religion is a means of control. I have no respect for hypocrisy.
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Mark Logan
22nd April 2021
Reason I accept that Catholicism, like the rest of the world’s religions, is mythical, mystical, superstitious, supernatural, made-up nonsense and that I want no part in promoting it any further.
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Mark Lynch
9th August 2015
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Mark Martindale
29th August 2018
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Mark Monaghan
10th March 2018
Reason Why would anyone choose Catholicism? It’s garbage on the spectrum of religions.
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Mark O Brien
9th March 2017
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Mark O’Halloran
3rd December 2021
Reason It simply does nothing
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Mark O’Neill
9th August 2015
Reason non believer
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Mark Rowntree
23rd July 2017
Reason I do not believe in any gods as there is no credible evidence that any such gods exist
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Mark Swehla
8th June 2019
Reason If I am being honest I never had faith in the church and my participation was completely coerced by my family and parish. I no longer wish to affiliate with the church in any way and will be sending a formal letter of defection to my childhood parish
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Mark Wall
6th March 2017
Reason No longer want to be associated with the catholic church.
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marktimothyflynn
23rd May 2015
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Marlon Gregory Lewis
26th July 2021
Reason Total neglect, Unethical behavior from the clergy such as the use of occult, child abuse, no faith in what they’re supposed to represent, etc
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Marnie McCleane-Fay
5th July 2017
Reason I do not like it
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Martin Anthony Ryan
6th July 2019
Reason I was forced into a religion that my parents were forced into by their parents and so on, I do not believe in organised religion nor in any god.
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MARTIN BALL
10th September 2017
Reason I am a Heathen
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Martin Byrne
10th August 2015
Reason It was never my choice to be part of the church. It is my choice to leave it.
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Martin Christopher Shaw
17th August 2018
Reason Clerical abuse and moral leadership
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Martin Delaney-Boland
13th December 2019
Reason I am an Atheist.
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Martin Friel
10th April 2016
Reason There is no scientific evidence for a god or gods and none to back-up the writings in the bible.
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Martin Keenan
16th February 2017
Reason Athesist
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Martin McLoughlin
10th September 2017
Reason Rationalism
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Martin Moroney
20th November 2015
Reason I do not believe in God
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martin mullen
16th October 2015
Reason I am an atheist
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Martin O’Donoghue
15th September 2020
Reason This is a moral, ethical, and I have more pride for my nation of Ireland to pretend were backwards enough to still be this heavily influenced by the church.
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Martin Rioux
27th January 2019
Reason The Christian Church is a plague on mankind
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Martin Ryan
8th May 2017
Reason I was born into a religion not of my choosing, a religion I have now come to despise along with all other organised religions
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Martin Walsh
17th August 2015
Reason Wanst asked if I wanted to join in the first place.
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Martina Kehoe
8th September 2018
Reason I am no longer religious and I reject the Catholic Church
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Marty McElroy
19th March 2017
Reason I don’t beleive in nonsense
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Mary Bellew
12th December 2016
Reason Do not believe any religious teaching.
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Mary Byrne
26th July 2018
Reason I did not ask to be a part of this abusive hateful \”religion\”
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Mary Carton
16th August 2015
Reason Non-believer
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Mary Daly
27th August 2018
Reason I am not a believer in Christianity nor can I be a member of a vile organisation that covered up child abuse and trafficking on an industrial scale while promoting slave labour amongst the mother of these poor children.
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Mary Doherty
23rd April 2024
Reason I’m not a Catholic
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Mary Frances McDermott
19th April 2018
Reason I am an atheist who was baptised practically at birth, I was never given any choice in the matter.
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Mary Hull
6th July 2019
Reason I do not believe. I married someone of another faith and not in a church. I have 2 children who have not be baptised into any faith. I believe all clergy and the Pope are guilty of abuse, if not by doing it then by covering it up.
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Mary Hyland
28th May 2018
Reason There are so many reasons! I think the Catholic church is a hypocritical organisation, I think they are dishonest and I think how they dealt with paedophile priests was horrendous, the way they turned a blind eye and moved these criminals on to another parish were they could destroy more lives. Another thing that galls me is the wealth they have and so many starving people in the world, where is their compassion, just look at the Vatican City.
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Mary Keane
3rd December 2015
Reason I do not wish to belong to a club that is built on fear, control, abuse, lies, hypocrisy and the destruction of countless lives.
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Mary Kiely
16th June 2020
Reason Fury
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Mary Mallampalli
25th June 2017
Reason I no longer believe in the morality of the Catholic Church or its teachings.
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Mary McDermott
28th January 2017
Reason Don’t believe in god
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Mary Monks
17th August 2015
Reason a) I am atheist; b) I believe the Catholic Church is bad, wrong, and seeks to control humans
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Mary Pauline Murphy
18th August 2015
Reason I do not want to be a member of a backward cult.
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Mary Ramirez
5th March 2017
Reason Out grew the myths
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Mary Theresa Conroy
9th March 2017
Reason I reject the Catholic Church on the grounds of crimes against humanity. I did not opt to be baptised as a baby and now as an adult, I am defecting from the Church. I request ex-communication.
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Mathona Moore
5th October 2021
Reason I am ashamed to be part of the disgraceful Church after all the child abuse scandals Internationally.
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matt beall
5th January 2024
Reason religion is fake. it is a business. i didn’t choose it. it is killing our society. it creates violence, judgment and conflict. Jesus was not religious or Christian. the entire thing is a joke.
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Matthew Beeson
22nd February 2018
Reason Apostasy
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Matthew Cummins
28th August 2015
Reason It\’s insulting that the church doesn\’t allow defections. In my opinion religion can only serve to do harm through it\’s peddling of nonsense. It\’s abhorrent that they peddled it to me in my formative years and now peddle it to my children. I\’m relieved that reason allowed me to see the light 😉
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Matthew Finucane
18th April 2017
Reason I do not want to be associated with the Catholic Church. I do not believe they are a morally sound organisation who atone for the crimes they have committed against hundreds of thousands of innocent and defenceless people.
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Matthew Hood
25th November 2022
Reason I no longer believe in God
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matthew Langley
25th June 2016
Reason Religion is Bad
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Matthew Lyons
30th May 2018
Reason I missed the count me out option before they change the rule of anyone being able to leave. I did email the bishop to request that my entry is altered to state I am an atheist. The wrong religion has done to the people of the planet is unfathomable.
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Matthew Wall
16th January 2021
Reason Non-belief and disgust with serial abuse of the vulnerable.
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Maureen Blake
27th May 2017
Reason it is a despicable organization
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Me GodKnows
10th April 2017
Reason I’m a Christian. There’s no good reason for infant baptism.
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Méabh O’Mahony
17th August 2015
Reason I am an atheist. I was only baptised to insure school places and was brought up with no religion.
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Meela Dogue
19th August 2015
Reason Atheism
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Megan Elizabeth Mary Ellen Maguire Monaghan
25th October 2023
Reason I will not be counted as a member of an institution responsible for the systemic abuse of women and children.I do not believe in the catholic faith , the pope or that Mary was a virgin .
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Megan Pál
16th April 2019
Reason My beliefs do not coincide with beliefs of the Catholic faith. I also didn\’t choose to be Catholic but was baptized as a child as many children in Ireland are. If you want to be part of a religious faith then you should choose yourself at 18 years old and only then participate in religious events.
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Megan Roche
25th January 2021
Reason Disgusting and atrocious behaviours and ideals in this church and it makes my blood boil that I was made go through with communion and confirmation as a child in a church that has absolutely no consideration towards children
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Megan Teahan
7th March 2017
Reason I was a Catholic against my own will. I do not believe in God or Jesus and I do not believe in the teachings of the Catholic church
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Mel McCarthy
16th August 2015
Reason I don’t believe in supernatural nonsense, and the catholic church is a cancer upon this country
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Melanie O’Brien
9th March 2018
Reason Since having children it has become important to me to separate myself from the institution that has no time for women and is happy to cover up paedophilia.
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Melissa Gammell
22nd October 2018
Reason I no longer believe in any of it and cannot and will not support the abuse of vulnerable people.
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Melissa Kelleher
6th March 2017
Reason I am not a Catholic
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Meryl McGowan
5th March 2015
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miceal boyle
1st September 2015
Reason I, as an adult have thought about religion and have come to the conclusion that i simply do not believe in any of it’s teachings. So i wish to leave the catholic church and live my life free to make up my own mind.
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Michael Cassidy
26th October 2016
Reason I hate them and everything they have done to the Irish people
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Michael Chidgey
19th February 2016
Reason I have been an atheist for years
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Michael Conlon
12th June 2018
Reason None believer. None follower
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Michael Craughwell
19th March 2024
Reason There are almost too many reasons for my defecting to mention, but primarily the damage they did to me as a young gay person by controlling the education system and propagating and providing false legitimacy to homophobia.
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Michael Croke
22nd January 2022
Reason I do not want to be counted as a member
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Michael Daly
31st January 2021
Reason Disgusted by the Churchs response to CSA, contraception and LBGTQA rights.
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Michael Desmond
1st September 2018
Reason No longer believe in God or the lies spread by religion
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michael doherty
10th August 2015
Reason religion is killing the world
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Michael Hiney
30th November 2021
Reason It’s all a load of nonsense, really.
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MICHAEL JOHNSTON
18th November 2016
Reason ANTI-THEIST
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Michael Kelly
27th August 2018
Reason I’m an educated adult now, so I no longer believe in fairytales and I no longer need a corrupt organisation to tell me how to live my life.
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Michael Lee Reck
17th August 2017
Reason I want nothing to do with this organisation. I want nothing to do with the politicians that collaborated with these people. Save those stories for your sheep.
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Michael Lowry
27th August 2017
Reason lifelong atheist
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Michael Lynch
22nd August 2015
Reason Embarassment
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Michael Martin
1st February 2018
Reason I was inducted into this religious organisation as an infant baby. I had no say in this decision. Now as a mature adult I do have a say, and I want my voice to be heard. I am an atheist. I do not believe in gods of any kind. I do not consider myself a catholic, and I want the Catholic Church to recognise my right to leave their organisation. This is a human rights issue, and I assert my right to freely determine which organization I want to be a member. I am not a catholic, and i am not a member of your organization. i have left. Michael Martin
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michael mc evoy
11th January 2022
Reason Lies , pedophiles, currpution.
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Michael Moloney
28th September 2015
Reason Non Believer
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Michael Morrissey
9th August 2015
Reason Atheist
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Michael Mulholland
20th May 2021
Reason I no longer believe in their version of God, greed, lies and brain washing.
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Michael Mullen
16th July 2017
Reason Non believer
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Michael Murphy
19th November 2020
Reason Atheist
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michael o brien
13th May 2017
Reason i no longer believe in the church.
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Michael O Reilly
23rd October 2020
Reason Haven’t practiced the religion in over 10 years and and disagree with church choices and decisions
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Michael O’Boyle
11th December 2018
Reason disapprobation of Catholic institutions actions and crimes
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Michael Perkins
14th January 2021
Reason Too many to list, Tuam is just the latest
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Michael Sweeney
13th January 2021
Reason I don’t want to be part of an institution responsible for so much death, abuse, pain and shame.
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Michael Wilson
18th January 2016
Reason I do not belive there is a God
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Michelle Brennan
5th May 2019
Reason I am making a Declaration of Defection on the grounds that I do not want to be associated with any religious group, or major religion in general. I am not an Atheist, and do not wish to be associated with any group, church, religion or indoctrination of any kind.
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Michelle Cole
27th May 2018
Reason I no longer share the views of the Catholic church
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Michelle Garvey
28th February 2023
Reason No belief. And rejection of various stances held by the church. Never consented to baptism
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michelle grant
9th July 2015
Reason Im signing this petition as i never had a choice. As a result of being born in Ireland and my parents were born catholic i was given my religion. After many years of questioning religion and god finally after reading the old testament i saw how ridiculous it all was and realised i was a proud Atheist. I believe religion has caused more deaths, pain and suffering then anything else in the world. I dont want to be associated with it anymore. I dont believe in an angry, petty, jealous god and i dont believe in a contradicating, nonsensical, ridiculous fairytale.
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Michelle Hickey
25th April 2016
Reason I am an atheist.
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Michelle Houlihan
23rd August 2022
Reason I refuse to be a member of an organisation that in reality is nothing but a religious cult covering for thousands of pedophiles all over the world. Their a toxic organisation. The sooner the Catholic Church dies out, the better.
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Michelle O SHEA
29th September 2017
Reason My views do not align with those of the Catholic church.
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Michelle O’Hara
24th August 2018
Reason Abuse and corruption
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Michelle Oragano
3rd May 2019
Reason non belielever
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Michelle Pearse
26th August 2018
Reason Change of religion and sickened by events allowed by rome
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Michelle Rogers
29th August 2015
Reason I am no longer a Catholic
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Michelle Walsh
23rd August 2020
Reason I acknowledge the evil that has been festering in the Catholic Church and the abuse done upon innocent women & their babies and I wish to be defected from every part of it. I hope that those who are guilty receive the punishment they deserve and that the living victims will find peace eventually.
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Mick McDonnell
5th March 2017
Reason Non belief
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Mikayla Tuohy
13th April 2021
Reason I refuse to associate with with organisation as it does not align with my beliefs, nor should it align with anyone’s beliefs.
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Mike McGrath-Bryan
29th March 2016
Reason No desire to associate with an organisation as fundamentally corrupt and rotten from the inside. No Gods, no masters.
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Milton Redmond
7th July 2018
Reason Free will
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Minh Tú Võ Nguyễn
28th November 2019
Reason Because this religion has so many ridiculous and unacceptable things
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Miriam Butler
26th August 2017
Reason Non-believer, against the teachings and fundamental
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Miriam Griffin
13th February 2024
Reason I do not want to have any part or connection in the catholic community
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Miriam Walsh
28th February 2018
Reason Non-believer
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Mitchell Masucci
24th March 2016
Reason No longer wish to be part of the Catholic Church – identify as atheist
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Mollie Healy
20th August 2019
Reason I don’t believe in Jesus or a superior God created the world in a week.
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Molly Bauman
4th September 2017
Reason I no longer wish to associate with a establishment that has not meet my spiritual needs for over half a decade, and fairly literally is archaic.
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Molly O’Meara
25th November 2019
Reason I do not identify as a Catholic as I do not agree with many of the oppressive values upheld by the organisation. Furthermore, I believe that this powerful institution has caused irreconcilable harm for which there is no return.
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Monika Ulenska
29th May 2018
Reason I’m an atheist.
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MowerWalrus
5th July 2017
Reason I don’t believe or feel the need to be part of a group like I did when I was 9
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Myles Coady
25th July 2021
Reason The Catholic church has done only harm to me and I want to be as far away from it as possible, I don’t want my name anywhere near that place
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Nadia Kelleher
30th May 2016
Reason It’s just a fairy story
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Nadine Douglas
9th August 2015
Reason I do not believe in God. I am strongly against the morals and ethos of the Catholic Church and do not want to be associated with them. I have never, as an adult, regarded myself to be Catholic.
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Naoimh Tuohy
19th March 2017
Reason Cannot sit by and associate myself or my children with an organisation that rapes, abuses and kills children and treats them and women as second class citizens. They are a disgrace and contrary to what religion is truely about.
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naomi lalloo
15th June 2019
Reason i do not support the beliefs of the church and i wish to separate myself from their wrongdoings
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Naomi O’Riordan
29th August 2018
Reason I do not believe in the Catholic church, nor do I have any trust or faith in the organisation for all the wrong doing they have done to so many people over the years that they were suppose to look after. The Catholic church have ruined the lives of so many people Ireland continue to do so in Ireland as well as all over the world.
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Nathan Reardon
24th May 2023
Reason Atheist
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Nathan Steele
11th September 2022
Reason Indoctrination
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Neal
5th October 2022
Reason I’ve grown out of believing in fairytales..
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Neal Phile
29th May 2017
Reason I am disgusted and repulsed at the criminality and authoritarian dictatorship of the catholic church and how it continually perpetuates falsities, destroys lives and protects child rapists in order to sustain its doctrine of hatred, exclusion, homophobia, m
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Neil Doyle
28th August 2018
Reason The Catholic church is the single biggest cult in the world, it was started by men and has caused untold horrors in my Country and all other Countries it has a hold in.
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Neil Flynn
28th April 2016
Reason I was baptised as a child , before the age of consent . I feel no connection with the Church and believe a lot of what they teach is wrong.
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Nessa Matthews
5th March 2017
Reason There are many reasons. I disagree with many actions that the church has publicly taken, and many opinions publicly voiced. But also, with everything that has been covered up by them that has come to the surface in more recent years. I also disagree with the hierarchy it insists upon and the patriarchal values it holds tightly too. I also wish to pursue and investigate other religious/philosophical beliefs and have not considered myself a Catholic for many many years.
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Niall Barrett
3rd August 2021
Reason I no longer wish to be a member of the Catholic Church. I am an Atheist.
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Niall Crotty
20th August 2023
Reason Atheist for over 50 years and horrified by the church’s antics.
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Niall Crowley
17th August 2015
Reason Atheist. Catholic Church and all organised religion is in fundamental conflict with my own personal philosophical and political beliefs.
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Niall Finnegan
11th March 2017
Reason I don\’t want anything to do with the catholic church and never did
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Níall Funge
9th July 2018
Reason I gave up on imaginary friends after childhood
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Niall Heraty
26th August 2018
Reason No longer believe. It’s that simple, if I choose to believe again then let me rejoin.
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Niall Higgins
29th November 2021
Reason I’m a non believer
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Niall O Connell
13th July 2017
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Niall O’Callaghan
31st January 2016
Reason don’t believe the story!
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Niall O’Malley
16th August 2015
Reason No longer a believer
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Niamh Dunne
10th October 2015
Reason I no longer practise nor believe in the teachings of the Catholic, and resent the fact that I cannot make the choice to leave. Power and control corrupts absolutely.
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Niamh Ennis
8th May 2018
Reason I think it is a disgrace that there is no official system to leave the church, should anyone wish to do so. I do not come from a religious family and have never been made go to church or say prayers. I was signed up to this religion for one purpose only: in order to get a place local primary school. I do not believe in god, and even if I did, I would still wish to leave the Catholic Church. Anyone who can happily ignore the unwavering manipulation, oppression and disgusting behaviour of the Catholic Church has no love or compassion in their heart.
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Niamh Kenny
13th January 2021
Reason I do not believe in the teachings or practices of the Catholic church in any capacity and do not wish to be associated with what I view as a criminal organisation
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Niamh Lenane
7th March 2018
Reason I do not believe in any part of the religion, I’m an atheist. I also do not want to be affiliated with this institution after the revelations of the Magdalene launderettes and the Tuam babies.
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Niamh Matthews
24th September 2021
Reason I have a thousand reasons mainly the sickening abuse and cover-ups
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Niamh McCourt
21st August 2018
Reason To not want to associate myself with a cult and do not agree with abuse and cover ups.
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Niamh O’Byrne
28th August 2018
Reason I am not a second class citizen. I am proud to be female, not ashamed. I don’t believe Catholic teachings and am appauled at the Catholic Church’s record on human rights. All human beings are intrinsically equally valuable. I will not carry your shame anymore.
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Niamh O’Toole
26th August 2018
Reason Atheist
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Niamh scullion
6th March 2017
Reason Tuam babies. Savita. Opression. Judgement. Guilt. exclusion. divisiveness. child abuse. keeping people small. it goes on and on and on.
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Niamh Sheehy
21st June 2018
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Nic Kinzett
27th December 2018
Reason I am repulsed by the behaviour of what is no more than a financial organisation. Morally bankrupt, failing to prothrombin most vulnerable among us,
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Nichola Connolly
29th June 2021
Reason I don’t want to be a part of the Catholic Church
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Nicholas Martin
16th August 2015
Reason Do not believe in any gods
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Nicholas Sebastian Dunne
21st May 2023
Reason I’ve been an atheist since my teens but cutting ties with the catholic church, even if only symbolically, may help vent some of the anger I feel towards an institution which has caused so much misery, which drowned generations in guilt. In general I have grown more tolerant as I have aged but my feeling of anger towards the catholic church has only grown.
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Nick McElhinney
16th August 2015
Reason I am an atheist who no longer wishes to be considered a member of a church that I did not consent to join.
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Nicola Canavan
10th August 2015
Reason don’t believe in religion
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Nicola Cooney
26th August 2018
Reason I do not believe in any god and I did not sign myself up to be a member of the catholic faith
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Nicola Keenan
16th August 2015
Reason Do not believe in god.
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Nicole Doherty
22nd August 2016
Reason Atheist
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Nicole Ptacek
15th October 2021
Reason Apostasy
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Nicole Tryon
20th July 2016
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Nicole Walshe
14th January 2021
Reason I do not want to be counted as part of an organisation that murdered and sold children in Ireland
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nikita davis
26th October 2016
Reason I don’t believe in god
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Nikki Wilkerson
25th December 2019
Reason I was molested by my godfather at the age of 8. I completely reject Catholicism and their system that abuses children. I am also now a Pagan witch.
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Nina Gannon
6th July 2017
Reason Atheist
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Nina Henderson
14th November 2017
Reason I refuse to respect a religion that does not respect me. There was never a god, the church is a scam, and religion is a mental illness. Peace out.
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Noel Campbell
27th August 2018
Reason The Catholic Church is rotten to the core. I do not want to be connected with it in any way.
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Noel Grace
25th June 2018
Reason It’s all a load of bovine. There are no God/Gods.
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Noel Murphy
20th July 2021
Reason I have been an atheist since I was a teenager. I did not realize until I saw this website that the Catholic Church included me as a member. I would have thought they might have noticed my absence over the last 50 odd years. I hope they have not misused their records in relation to me to make any claims about church membership etc.
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Noel Stronge
18th January 2018
Reason I copped on, it’s all a scam.
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Noelle Heneghan
18th November 2016
Reason I dont share the beliefs of the catholic church
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Noelle O Connor
25th August 2018
Reason Did not choose to be part of this evil cult, I was born into it.
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Noelle Tracey
2nd March 2016
Reason Personal
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Noelle Tracey
31st May 2018
Reason Do not agree with the teachings or want To be associated with the abuse and coverups with the Catholic Church
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Nollaig Ó Fiongháile
13th June 2019
Reason I pursue an intellectual tradition based on philosophy and physics and I maintain an autonomous role from groups of political or social autocracies. While I maintain a respectful consideration of Christian teachings, it is not appropriate to the autonomous role that my profession and position requires. I attend to Humanism and to Atheist associations and events.
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Nora Skehan
24th August 2020
Reason I had no choice about being baptised into this man-made religion that is based on lies not love.
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noreen Culhane
26th April 2017
Reason I do not believe rc teachings
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noreen lynch
16th August 2015
Reason I had no choice in joining and I certainly have no interest in being part of this organisation, In fact I’m ashamed to be associated with an organisation that preaches unconditional love and acceptance and practices the very opposite as is blatantly obvious throughout society! sign me out!
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Noreen McGuire
22nd October 2022
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Noreen McLaughlin
31st May 2016
Reason Not in line with my beliefs
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noz pix
5th August 2019
Reason I was 7 years old when I knew it was all nonsense. Being older and wiser, I can confirm the 7 year old me was correct. Women treated as second class; vunerable children abused. A long, long litany of hurt and pain caused by the very ones who held themselves up as pinnacles of virtue and decency.
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Nuala Finnegan
9th August 2015
Reason Non- believer
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Nuala Kelly
26th December 2019
Reason I don’t believe in god.
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Odhran Naughton
3rd March 2017
Reason I have been an agnositc/athiest since I was 18 years old. I am now 26 and no longer want to be affiliated with the church in anyway.
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Oisín Brennan
5th November 2016
Reason Atheism
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Oisin Hunt
16th August 2015
Reason Lack of belief
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Olive Hickey
13th June 2018
Reason I don’t believe in deities and was baptised against my will, prior to giving me a life saving blood transfusion surely if the life of the child is paramount that should have come first? They are hypocrites along with a 1,000 other horrible expletives, I’ve never to this day come across a person or people who was as cruel as these so called brides of christ. Anyway enough I don’t believe and I want out.
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Olive O’sullivan
26th August 2018
Reason Non believer
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OLIVER MORGAN
25th October 2016
Reason I dont believe fairy tales
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Olivia Byrne
27th August 2018
Reason I never signed up for this and if I had a choice I would not have anything to do with the RC Church. A deceleration of defect.
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Olwyn Duignam
9th March 2017
Reason I don’t believe God is real. The Catholic Church’s treatment of women and children to this day is deplorable. From covering up the sexual abuse of children to opposing the decriminalisation of homosexuality, it’s laughable that people still support the Catholic Church in Ireland. The Church resisted so many positive changes in Ireland from divorce, gay marriage, contraception, women in the civil service and abortion. The list goes on. Ireland would be a much better place without the presence of the Catholic Church.
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Oona Kenny
16th May 2022
Reason I did not chose to be baptised. As an adult, I cannot in conscience be part of an organisation run wholly by older, wealthy, white men whose conservative, traditional, right wing views continue to perpetuate hatred, homophobia and misogyny. I defected from the church officially as part of the brilliant Count Me Out campaign in the early 2000’s but just wanted to register here also to show my support
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Oonagh Naughton
26th August 2018
Reason Corruption, abuse, non believer
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Orla Beatty
2nd August 2018
Reason No interest or belief. Don’t want to be part of a culture that has removed the right of an individual to leave.
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Orla Cotter
28th January 2017
Reason For tax reasons in Germany
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Orla Cotter
14th May 2018
Reason Get me out! Cannot abide being in any way associated with this institution.
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ORLA Delaney
4th May 2018
Reason I can no longer be a part of a religion that is blatantly misogynistic and regressive.
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Orla Fitzpatrick
5th November 2015
Reason I have been an atheist for as long as I can remember. I do not want to be considered a part of the institution of the Catholic Church.
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orla lee
1st February 2024
Reason too many to mention
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Orla McKinney
17th March 2021
Reason I don’t identify as Catholic
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Orla O\’Shea
10th March 2017
Reason Detest the Catholic Church and their actions in this country
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Orla Shea
31st August 2015
Reason I am not religious.
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Orla swan
28th May 2018
Reason I can no longer morally let them count me as one of them. I had no option to opt in, now as an adult I want out.
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ORLAGH MCELHANNAN
11th March 2017
Reason i am not a believer of this religion as i believe it to be nothing more than a cult .
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Orlaith Curran
16th August 2015
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Padraic Masterson
5th May 2020
Reason Catholicism is evil. I do in no way want to be associated with or classed as a member of the Roman Catholic “Church”. Not only is the Bible a man made book by a group of politicians, aka a fairytale that controls the masses through fear of a vengeful god and an eternity of torture in hell, the completely disgusting, ABHORRENT actions of both clergymen and the bishops in abusing children and then covering it up and denying it is just too evil for words.
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Padraig Baggott
15th August 2015
Reason No longer identify as Catholic
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Padraig McGloin
15th September 2016
Reason I’ve grown tired of my sociopathic, genocidal imaginary friend … long live my new totally real friend The Flying Spaghetti Monster … Parmesan be Upon Him and may his noodley tentacles touch you, in a consensual appropriate way of course … sooooo not like a priest.
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Padraig O Mealoid
14th March 2017
Reason The Usual One
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Pamela Blake
6th July 2022
Reason Baptised at birth without consent, non practicing over 40 years, strongly do not align myself with the views and practices of the Catholic Church.
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PAMELA QUIERY
12th August 2015
Reason I was baptised into the Catholic Church without my informed consent. I am now a fully informed Atheist and want to have no association with the catholic church or any of its beliefs or teachings.
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Pascual Romero
11th December 2016
Reason Have never practiced catholicism, was raised atheist. Baptism was a cultural formality.
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Pat Byrne
29th March 2019
Reason There are too many reasons to go through.
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Pat Curran
16th August 2015
Reason Numerous reasons that can be summarised by saying I class myself as logical person.
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Pat Dolan
16th August 2015
Reason No belief in teachings or respect for institution
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Pat Kelly
15th February 2017
Reason Don\\\’t believe in God.
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pat nolan
7th October 2015
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Pat Sinnott
2nd September 2018
Reason Because I’ve no belief in God, and I’m increasingly unwilling to be associated with the Catholic church and it’s legacy of lies and abuse
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Patricia Aravena
26th July 2018
Reason Non belieber
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Patricia Doherty
11th August 2015
Reason Catholism holds no relevance and has no Integrity as an organisation, It hasn\’t been able to respond in any meaningful way to my questions since I was eleven years old, as an adult it occurs like a bizarre cult and I declare here, publically that I want no part in it.
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Patricia Frazer
10th September 2022
Reason I don’t believe the creed and consider the Catholic Church to be morally reprehensible
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Patricia Moore
24th January 2016
Reason I do not wish to be know from hence forth as a catholic. The idea is preposterous and it insults science, woman, men, sexual orientation, animals and childern.
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Patricia Murray
10th August 2015
Reason humanist
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Patrick Bracken
8th December 2019
Reason I believe in the Old Norse Gods
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Patrick Carroll
27th August 2018
Reason Atheism
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Patrick Coombes
26th March 2016
Reason Do i really need to spell it out? mumo jumbo.
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Patrick Donoghue
16th December 2015
Reason I am now an athiest
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Patrick Gallivan
1st June 2018
Reason I am an athiest
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Patrick Gill
12th March 2017
Reason Abhorrence of religious indoctrination
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Patrick Healy
10th August 2015
Reason Atheist
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Patrick Hegarty
14th April 2017
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Patrick Howell
6th February 2017
Reason Non believer
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Patrick Hughes
8th August 2023
Reason Do not support or agree with Catholic Church
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Patrick Joseph ( PJ) Curtis
19th March 2017
Reason AM a reasoning adult. No longer believe in fairy-tales
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Patrick Kirwan
18th August 2015
Reason Personal
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Patrick Maher
9th July 2018
Reason No longer believe. Cannot support the RCC as an institution.
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Patrick May
27th November 2020
Reason Religion doesn’t make sense. Science has taken over.
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Patrick McGovern
19th March 2016
Reason i hold no religious views
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Patrick McKenna
1st November 2015
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