Category Archives: Patrick Pinder

A little about the history… [in the Bahamas]

Posted on September 23, 2012
Posted in Mel Taylor, Patrick Pinder, Paul Richards

[Webmaster’s Note: The following text is from the Benedictine Volunteers Bahamas web site [ View ]. Father Mel Taylor left the Bahamas after being confronted at a Nassau church on June 3, 2012 [ View ] after Archbishop Patrick Pinder … Continue reading →

Video of Confrontation in the Bahamas

Posted on August 30, 2012
Posted in Bahamas, Jozef Tomko, Mel Taylor, Patrick Pinder, Theophile Brown

In late December of 2011, [Victim] met with Archbishop Patrick Pinder in the conference room in the chancery at St. Francis Cathedral in Nassau, Bahamas. The meeting was close to an hour in length. [Victim] asked that Pinder bring Father … Continue reading →

Video of Fr. Mel Taylor Confrontation

Posted on July 12, 2012
Posted in Bahamas, Mel Taylor, Patrick Pinder

This still frame, from a video taken with a cell phone camera on June 3, 2012, shows a man (at right) using a microphone to address the congregation at Father Mel Taylor’s last mass [ View ] in the Bahamas.

Archbishop Pinder Alerted to Misconduct by Mel Taylor

Posted on July 9, 2012
Posted in Bahamas, Mel Taylor, Patrick Pinder

Like Abbot Timothy Kelly and Abbot John Klassen before him, Archbishop Patrick Pinder (Bahamas) was made aware of Father Mel Taylor’s misconduct. Had Archbishop Pinder acted in the best interests of his church and Mel Taylor’s victim, the incident on … Continue reading →

Archdiocese Launches Program To Protect The Abused

Posted on June 29, 2012
Posted in Mel Taylor, Patrick Pinder

Pinder said it is unfortunate that there are some members of the Order of St. Benedict against whom allegations of sexual abuse have risen. [Webmaster’s Note: Those “members” include Father Mel Taylor, who reportedly left the Bahamas on June 4, … Continue reading →