I wish I was making this up. But no, after finding Cathal Feeney guilty of raping a woman he met on Plenty of Fish: "Judge Sherrard told [Cathal] Feeney: “You are still a young man. There’s nothing that will stop you moving on with your life in a more productive way, finding work or finding a wife or partner, getting a family and a home. “The order imposed is the lightest touch I can afford.” He specifically didn't ban him from using the internet to prowl for more victims like the one he attacked in the instant case, because "he did not want him excluded from normal life.” Unlike all the women he attacked, whose lives the judge acknowledged will never be normal again. According to the linked article eight different women, including his mother and grandmother, have protection orders against Feeney. Judge Sherrard noted that Feeney doesn't grasp the seriousness of his behavior. But this is where it goes all off the rails for me: "A probation officer said Feeney should be considered dangerous, but Judge Sherrard felt the threshold wasn’t met, and while accepting his offending has escalated, it was the first sexual offence [that has been reported]. It was noted Feeney received support from prison chaplain Fr Michael Bingham who, although recently passed away, found “the character image of the defendant being a menace to vulnerable women is one I find hard to reconcile given his moral sensibilities.” Well, if a Catholic priest finds it hard to believe you're a molester, I think that seals the deal, eh? Aren't they the ones? JFC, kill me now. I'm at a loss for words. I can't help but wonder what it would take to straighten out Judge Sherrard's disordered thinking. I struggle every day to get out of bed in a world where men just don't give a shit how they impact our lives. I truly don't care what happens to Judge Sherrard, what misery befalls him. If he dropped dead in front of me, this paramedic wouldn't do CPR.
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