Terry Prone: Was reverence for Fr Peter McVerry enough to turn blind eye to trust?

Mainstream media has treated him with a pally respect rarely accorded to a member of the clergy, especially one on the board of, and board secretary to, a body with a billion euro budget

The trust set up in Father Peter McVerry’s name has required a €15m state bailout having been revealed to have suffered — in Matt Cooper’s words — ‘major failures of corporate governance’. File Picture: PA

The first description I ever heard of Fr Peter McVerry was one word divided into two for emphasis. 

He was, a government minister told me, “IM-possible”. The first syllable uttered on a risen cadence, the second set of syllables accompanied by a headshake, often with closed eyes, as if opened eyes would cause the minister to see even more difficulties posed by the Jesuit.