If you were to be honest about the journey to find your own partner, I’m sure you used various ‘dating’ facilities and opportunities. Gay men have always had ways of identifying other gay men – the gay scene – gay personals etc – these were equally fraught with the possibility of encountering dangerous or unsavoury characters – such is life. Such are the perils of the internet not just Grindr. If you have a social media presence at all, unscrupulous people can steal your pics and info and effectively your identity. My point is though – don’t demonise Grindr as a dangerous app.
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I’m sure they have their dark underside too. A way for gay men to meet and have sex – as with all these things it will have its dark side but the truth is lots of gay men use it successfully to hook up and have, and enjoy, casual sex and I know 1 couple who met through it.Īnd, as shocking as it may be, there are quite a few apps which facilitate casual sex among heterosexuals – and shock horror they are enjoyed by men and women. Gentlemen and Reverend Gentlemen especially should avoid Grindr.
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No half decent man would want that, surely?Īnd why would a priest, monk or seminarian want to get involved in such a “meat market”. It is also about the dark side of gay sex – assault, rape, violence, humiliation etc. Grindr is about men looking for wild, irresponsible, anonymous sex. Grindr is NOT men looking for love, companionship, a partner or emotional bonding. It also featured in the downfall of number of fairly high profile priests. Grindr featured hugely in the Maynooth “summer of love”. But he lost his job and has suffered serious physical and mental challenges and a litany of threats and abuse from neighbours. Some nasty people on Grindr stole his information and pictures and placed them on a paedophilia web site and informed the police.Īfter a very painful nine months his name was cleared. This week I was talking to another man who suffered greatly through Grindr. He was too embarrassed to go to the police and ruin his own reputation.Īfterwards, sadly, he continued to use Grindr ? The priest also lost his phone and wallet and ended up in hospital. He immediately tied up the priest and beat him to a pulp and then threw him in a rear passage beside dust bins. They had agreed to have anal sex with the priest being the “bottom” and the man being the “top”.īut when the priest arrived at the house the man had a BDSM room in his house. He got talking to a man from the Lisburn Road in Belfast and travelled a considerable journey to meet the man. One Northern Ireland priest recently told me of his horrific experience on Grindr. Many Irish priests, religious and monks are addicted to the very dangerous Gay app called Grindr.