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NameDateReason for defection
Gabrielle Nagle03 February 2019Non belief from a very early age (about 9) and now my utter disgust with the sick sex scandals that have been ongoing for centuries has spurred me on to defect from this sickening, corrupt, holier than thou establishment.
Carl-Eoin Nash10 August 2015As I'm gay I"m seen as unnatural and have been told by a school priest since 4th class to 6th year
Eileen Nash30 June 2021I will not stand by an institution that directly caused the deaths of thousands of First Nations children.
Jana Naughton25 May 2019Growing up in Ireland I was always made to feel a monster for ever questioning Catholic ethics. It was only by travelling to explore other cultures, researching other religions and reading a range of philosophies that you do not need the medium of religion to guide the life you live. Since this awakening, I have found paths and beliefs that resonate with me far more than my doubtful experiences of Catholic teachings in which I was forced to trust by a frightened and conservative Ireland. Now I can say I will not listen to a church that uses its power over its people in the worst possible ways and has done so for decades - I don't want my name to be any part of it.
Leo Naughton08 December 2019Never truly believed. I also strongly disagree with many ideals of the Catholic Church
Odhran Naughton03 March 2017I have been an agnositc/Atheist since I was 18 years old. I am now 26 and no longer want to be affiliated with the church in anyway.
Oonagh Naughton26 August 2018Corruption, abuse, non believer
Sarah Naughton27 August 2018Atheist
Isabelle Neenan20 September 2023Don’t believe in god. Don’t believe in the Catholic Church. Don’t believe in religion.
Patrick Nelson16 December 2016Now an atheist
Samuel Nesbitt09 August 2015Atheist
Jody Neville09 August 2015When I was old enough to make a choice about my religion I chose not to have one. The choice was taken out of my hands when I was baptised as a baby, too young to know what my hands were, never mind to know what religion I was.
Kevin Neville07 March 2017The Catholic Church is pure evil.
Seán Neville25 November 2020I have never subscribed to any of the ludicrous teachings in Christianity.
Lauren Neville-Hennessy13 April 2017No reason given
Turlough Nevin09 August 2015Logic & reasoning
Brian New18 April 2016No longer believe/support or encourage the Catholic religion.
Ruairí Newman09 August 2015Church support for religious discrimination against children in the state-sponsored education system.
Laurence Newman22 October 2022I don't believe in God and am repulsed by the acts of the Catholic Church in Ireland and elsewhere
Andrew Neylon28 May 2018I believe the Catholic Church to be a breeding ground of hate, greed and power. I have no belief in any of their teachings and do not want to be associated with this hypocritical organization any longer.
Minh Tú Võ Nguyễn28 November 2019Because this religion has so many ridiculous and unacceptable things
Donna Ni Bhaoill03 January 2018I have found another way.
Ciara Ni Chualain09 March 2017No reason given
Áine Ní Mhaoláin26 May 2017Morally, I cannot be associated with an institution that is complicit in the abuse of children, women and vulnerable adults.
Jordan Ní Mhathúna14 December 2016I am ashamed of being a part of the Catholic church. I didn't ask to be a part of it. I should be legally allowed to leave.
Alva Nic Gabhann24 August 2018I can’t stand to be a part of an institution that protects corrupt men. I can’t be a part of a group that attempt to suppress my rights in the 21st century, I cannot be a part of a corrupt church, who has hurt so many people.
Sandra Nicholson27 February 2019I don’t believe that created stories and teaching based on fear is ok to get people to be good. I don’t like the organization that is the Catholic Church, it’s structures, it’s teachings.
Robert Nielsen16 August 2015No longer believe in God
Anthony Nolan10 August 2015I never chose to be catholic... was forced as a baby.
Aoife Nolan10 March 2018Don’t believe in God and clerical abuse
Conor Nolan26 March 2018I am not Catholic
Jonathan Nolan16 January 2021I do not want to be associated with criminals. I do not prescribe to any controlling deity or any of its followers. I am a human with my own mind and self of being.
Joanna Nolan27 August 2018I would not want to be associated with the horror that is the Catholic Church. I wish to defect for the beatings my parents amd grandparents were given by the priests and the nuns. For the victims of abuse over decades. For the people who believe but are turned away because of their sexuality. For the women of the Magadelene Laundries, treated like they were nothing. For those poor nameless babies in Tuam. For every disgusting stain on Irish History caused by the Catholic Church.
Jonathan Nolan16 August 2015Not religious / spiritual
pat nolan07 October 2015No reason given
Sharon Nolan16 August 2015Have not been a practising Catholic for nearly 10 years, do not believe or want to be associated with the bigoted teachings of the Catholic Church
Triona Nolan03 February 2016Non belief
Deborah Nolan Gregory09 March 2018Absence of belief in a fictional deity
Deborah Nolan Gregory20 February 2019Atheism
Gillian Nooney16 May 2021Not a practising and I'm a sinner
Daniel Norman18 June 2019I no longer see enough evidence to believe in any god, let alone Yahweh of the Christian Bible. I fill out this form as an act of desperation, seeking to be free from harassment by my former congregation. Clear requests have fallen on deaf ears. I am using this resource to provide an official record of some sort without needing to participate in any other conversations or ceremonies.
Paul O29 August 2017Because I didn't chose this.
Chris O Brien23 June 2016All of them
Mark O Brien09 March 2017No reason given
michael o brien13 May 2017i no longer believe in the church.
Peter O brien09 August 2015Non believer
Roy O Brien22 September 2017I'm areligious, whilst I see a lot of comfort and solace for people especially in desperate times it's just not for me, plus I dislike when religious people pompously say I'll "regret it when blah, blah, blah" after I've been nothing but polite to them. Best of luck to the religious people whatever they like to fantasise about, it's just not for me.
Sinead O brien23 November 2019I want no pay off a church that systematically and regularly tries to cover up abuse. The Catholic Church treatment of women is less than we deserve. As an organisation they need to be held to account for their crimes against humanity. Their greed and unwillingness to change. Even the fact that they turn a blind eye to 'defectors' requests to be discounted. The Catholic Church needs to grow up, move with the times and accept they are no longer the power house they once were. I will not be considered a part of this organisation.
Shannon-Louise O Carroll20 November 2023No belief in the religion
Cian O Ciobhain10 August 2015I hope the Catholic Church respect my decision that as a mature adult I would never have signed up to this club in the first place. I was 3 months old, I had no decision in the matter. Ever since my teen years, I've wanted to be free of the shackles of dour Catholic dogma.
Niall O Connell13 July 2017No reason given
Renee O Connell12 August 2019Not a practicing catholic for many years and I’m appalled by the Catholic Church past history and still to date have not done enough to make up for the hurt they have caused
Aidan O Connor21 August 2018I didn't consent to being baptised, wasn't given choices about my beliefs, was forced through the various ceremonies and do not agree with the teachings of the catholic church. Ireland would be a happier, safer place without the catholic church. Count me out!
Noelle O Connor25 August 2018Did not choose to be part of this evil cult, I was born into it.
Tadhg O Connor24 October 2017I don't believe in God/Gods
Sinead O Connor17 March 2021Non believer
Ceire O Donoghue09 August 2015I do not believe in, nor do I support, the Catholic Church. I was too late with my countmeout.ie registration, so this is as good as I can do.
Sean O Farrell13 January 2021Evil organisation and I'm atheist
Hanna O Kane20 January 2021Do not want to support the Catholic church
aidan o mahony09 August 2015I do not believe in any of it
Padraig O Mealoid14 March 2017The Usual One
joanne o meara04 April 2016i do not believe in religion or god
Conor O Reilly23 September 2015I have not believed/practised in over 10 yers
Michael O Reilly23 October 2020Haven't practiced the religion in over 10 years and and disagree with church choices and decisions
Aoife O Shea28 August 2020No longer want to be associated
Darrell O Sullivan26 April 2021Non believer
Kelsey O Sullivan26 January 2018Brainwashing is a terrible thing
Kevin O Sullivan06 February 2016I'm an Atheist
Rory O Sullivan16 August 2015I am not superstitious
Sean O sullivan10 August 2015I have been an atheist since 7 years old but now i want to be totally separated from the catholic church and want my name taken off vaticans register.
Georgina O`Mahony30 May 2018Atheist for 25 years. Never believed but I was in a catholic school, run by nuns so there was no other choice. I have never considered myself catholic and do not want to be affiliated with the catholic church in any way. The sexual abuse, the mistreatment of communities and members, the blatant abuse of power, responsibility for the death of so many children, the vicious and vile verbal attacks against the same sex marriage referendum and now the same filthy, repugnant and truly horrifying things that they are saying now that the abortion referendum has passed. I am truly disgusted by all actions that the catholic church have taken in the past and all the actions they are currently taking. Their behaviour is beyond abhorrent.
Fergal O' Gara06 March 2017Eh one, of many, reason would be my absolute disgust at consistent abhorrent abuse of women and children by the catholic church. Not my church, not my religion, not in my name!
Aisling O' Keeffe10 August 2015I never chose to join the Catholic faith and I don't believe in any aspect of it.
James O' Neill29 February 2016I reject Christian or any other religious beliefs and the concepts of a deity or an afterlife and consider my membership of the Catholic church against my wishes as unjust and totally unacceptable.
Katie O' Reilly19 December 2016It's not for me
Helen O'Beirne04 December 2018Atheism
Michael O'Boyle11 December 2018Disapprobation of Catholic institutions actions and crimes
Darren O'Brien27 January 2016I'm tired of hearing about unbaptised children having difficulty getting admitted to schools. I don't want my kids to be baptised, and I think the more people that defect and show their opposition to the church, the harder it will be for them to justify their hold on our schools
Emer O'Brien21 October 2017Atheist
Emma O'Brien11 April 2018I was never given a choice in this. As my parents have become increasingly involved in the church over the last few years (my father is now a deacon), I have become increasingly aware of the hypocrisy and bigotry of the church; it goes far beyond the usual objections. It infuritates me that supporting my parents means an occasional trip to mass, it infuriates that I'm counted as a member of such an immoral organisation, and it infuriates me that I have to watch my younger sister be indoctrinated. The Church leeching onto people who want to leave to boost their numbers is one more example of how they're not much better than any other cult. The power the church still has in Ireland is truly frightening, and it sickens me that my parents refuse to examine the destructive aspects of the belief system they prop up, when in every other way they are the best people I know. Mostly, I'm ashamed of myself for not putting my real name to this, the only excuse I have is the hurt it would cause my parents to read it, and the embarrassment it would cause them if someone they knew did. I'm sick of being complicit in propagating the church's bullshit, and I don't know how to balance that with my love for my family. I'm tired.
Gary O'Brien05 March 2017I was never a Catholic by choice, it was forced upon me by my parents. I was never a Catholic and after all the disgusting things the Catholic Church has done I don't know how anyone else is either.
Karyn O'Brien07 April 2019I 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 the 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.
Kate O'Brien04 October 2016MANY!
Kelly O'Brien20 February 2019I do not recognise the catholic beliefs in any shape or form.
Pearse O'Brien16 August 2015Religion is a tool of fear and control used to turn people against each other for profit. Its a business. With a CEO, managers and staff. If there was a man named Jesus and he was alive today, he would see little about the catholic church that resembled his ideals. He would cast them out as we should.
Robert O'Brien16 March 2021Atheist
Sara O'Brien16 August 2015No reason given
Stephan O'Brien14 June 2018Atheist
Tara O'Brien25 October 2017I'm not religious.
Veronika O'Brien08 September 2018Disgust at the whole institution, vomit inducing stories of murdered and sold children, abused women and the power, money hungry church.
Ashling O'Brien09 August 2015Atheist
Conor O'Brien09 August 2015I have no Belief in any of the teachings of the Catholic Church. I am non practicing for over 30 years.
Daire O'Broin10 August 2015I only believed because that's how I was raised, not for any other reason
suzanne o'Byrne23 August 2015I am not Catholic
Eoin O'Byrne11 March 2017I am an Atheist and have, nor want to have any affiliation with the catholic or any other church.
Niamh O'Byrne28 August 2018I 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.
Sheena O'Byrne16 August 2015Too many to mention
Niall O'Callaghan31 January 2016I don't believe the story!
Sian O'Carroll10 August 2015Do not believe.
Shannon O'Carroll22 October 2021Joined the satanic temple
Beatrice O'Connell15 January 2021Too many, even my parents didn't choose to have me baptised
Erica O'Connell15 April 2022Don’t believe
Aisling O'Connor25 July 2019I do not believe in God
Anna Claire O'Connor26 October 2017My utter disgust with the hypocrisy, misogyny and unwillingness to change displayed by the Catholic Church.
Kelvin O'Connor25 May 2015No reason given
Paul O'Connor15 March 2018I am an atheist and I do not subscribe to a great many of the Catholic Churches teachings, some of which play a part in furthering discrimination against me, a gay man.
Tommy O'Connor03 February 2021No reason given
Tony O'Connor16 August 2015none belief
Una O'Connor27 January 2022Misogyny, corruption and abuse at the core of the institution
Sinead O'Connor28 May 2018I do not believe any teaching of the Catholic Church
Darrell O'Donnell01 March 2019No interest in manmade religious institutions of control and hypocrisy. No belief in the existance of made up sky gods
roisin o'donnell05 June 2021I am an atheist and disgusted with the catholic church for many reasons, i want no association with it.
Eva O'Donnell11 August 2015There is no truth in blind superstition
Robert O'Donnell16 August 2015No longer a believer in God, and I'm very opposed to the Churches Principals
Anna O'Donnell-Nugent26 December 2015Not practicing Catholic
Iseult O'Donoghue16 August 2015No faith, rejection of dogma, disgust with hierarchy
Martin O'Donoghue15 September 2020This 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.
Kevin O'Dononghue28 November 2016Logic, 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
Cian O'Donovan14 December 2016Loss of Faith
Gene O'Donovan10 March 2018I do not wish to be in any way associated with the morals, values, and traditions of such a horrible institution
Kevin O'Donovan14 May 2019No belief in church/god
Siofra O'Donovan04 January 2023Withdrawal of records with immediate effect
Dáire O'Driscoll06 March 2017I do not believe in god or any of the laws and moral guidelines presented by the RCC. I am also unwilling to have any association with an institution that is akin to the National Socialists in it's level of oppression, tyranny and crimes against humanity.
Ben O'Dwyer09 November 2020Only baptised because parents thought it was required for school admission
Killian O'Dwyer09 November 2020Only baptised because parents thought it was required for school admission
rory o'dwyer17 December 2017Non believer, changed religion
Damien James O'Farrell15 July 2022Do not believe the fiction
Kenneth O'Flaherty26 March 2023Non believer
Aidan O'Flanagan09 August 2015Atheist status
Dónal O'Flynn10 August 2015From the time I was old enough to understand it I have never believed in any aspect of the Catholic faith. I would rather not have been baptised, made first confession, communion and confirmation. Confession I take particular issue with. What "sins" does a nine year old have to confess? If I get married I will have a humanist ceremony and when I die I will have left instructions for a humanist funeral followed by cremation. Apart from musical performances, for which churches are often a great venue, I only darken their doors for weddings and funerals. These are important occasions and if the people involved wish them to take place in a religious setting I am more than happy to attend out of respect for my friends and loved ones. The discontinuation of the "Declaration of Defection" process is an affront to the right of freedom of religion and I deplore those who made the decision.
Brian O'Gorman16 August 2015I'm an atheist
Stacy O'Gorman29 May 2018It wasn't my choice to become a Catholic. It shouldn't be allowed to enter someone into something as an infant and then not let them have any option to leave it as an adult. I've wanted to leave the church for years.
Jennifer O'Grady12 July 2018Catholicism is a load of fairy nonsense that I was entered into as an infant with no say.
Val O'Grady27 August 2015The Catholic church is the biggest curse the world has known
Georgina O'Halloran06 March 2017Was baptised by parents, but have never been a follower of the cult myself, even as a small child I seen through the fear and guilt that they built their empire on.
Mark O'Halloran03 December 2021It simply does nothing
Michelle O'Hara24 August 2018Abuse and corruption
Sophie O'Hara27 December 2020It was done when I had no clue about anything
Ciara O'Hare21 March 2016Atheist and anti-religious.
Hugh O'Higgins31 July 2020I do not hold to the belief system of the Catholic Church. I am an Atheist.
Peter O'Keeffe19 August 2015No longer believe in the Catholic or any other religious doctrine or the existence of a deity.
Emily O'Keeffe21 August 2017Don't believe in the church
Anthony O'Leary21 January 2019Don't believe in afterlife therefore cannot believe in any religion. Catholic Chirch control of Irish education is wrong
Claire O'Leary09 August 2015I am an atheist and have attempted to defect previously to no effect. Symbolic is better than nothing.
David O'Leary21 August 2018I no longer have any personal connection or belief in anything relating to the Catholic Church or any such organised religious body. Am unhappy at the difficulty of officially defecting from the Catholic Church. While respecting those of faith, whatever their belief or creed, I no longer wish to be associated or counted in any way as a member of the Catholic Church.
Emma O'Leary18 September 2016I am not a practicing catholic and was baptised against my wishes as an infant. I no longer wish to be counted as a catholic in the records of the church.
Cian O'Mahony26 November 2017I have been atheist for almost 20 years now. It isn't even about not believing in a god anymore. Its more like why even bother with it. If I had grown up and not known about any religion and then when I was 16 someone came along and read me the bible or the Koran there is no way you would even entertain that kind of nonsense. Anyways, I don't want to be associated with Catholicism anymore and would really like to have my name removed from their registry.
Méabh O'Mahony17 August 2015I am an atheist. I was only baptised to insure school places and was brought up with no religion.
Brian O'Malley07 March 2017Non belief in supernatural beings
Niall O'Malley16 August 2015No longer a believer
Pol O'Maoleoin30 May 2018I am atheist. I want nothing to do with the church in any way shape or form
Molly O'Meara25 November 2019I 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.
Andrea O'Neill22 June 2018I have been an atheist for more than 30 years but the church's stance in the recent referendum sickened and in particular their attitude afterwards sickened me. Also I think it is a disgrace that so mach tax payers money is being spent on a papal visit.
David O'neill26 March 2017I have never had any true belief of faith and do not want to be associated with the Catholic Church any longer
Hazel O'Neill13 August 2018I disagree with and am outraged by the ethos, faith, morals, judgemental and misogynistic attitude, and criminal history of the Catholic Church in Ireland and internationally
Karen O'Neill28 May 2018Their 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
Kate O'Neill28 November 2020I don't believe in God.
Marc O'Neill13 March 2018Have been atheist all my life.
Mark O'Neill09 August 2015Non believer
James O'Neill15 December 2015No reason given
Ailbhe O'Nolan09 August 2015The church is a criminal group of bigots
Stephen O'Nolan17 August 2015It's all a laughable crock of shit
Catherine-Noelle O'Regan31 July 2016i do not feel like my values are upheld by the catholic church and now that I am older and can make my own choices, I feel I no longer want to be part of something that those not hold recognise my beliefs
Richard O'Regan16 December 2018I consider the Church to be an organized criminal racket. Allowing the Catholic Church to count me as a member has allowed them to presume to speak for me. I cannot permit that.
Saoirse O'Regan10 May 2018i don't believe in the morals of this church and i wouldn't be able to live with myself if i supported an organisation that is so unbelievably bigoted towards women and the LGBTQ community
Caoimhe O'Reilly17 February 2021Don't affiliate with what the religion represents
Eimear O'Reilly04 June 2017I cannot continue to be a member of an organisation which treats women as second class, which preaches 'pro-life' and then allows thousands of children to die in their care, which covers up years of abuse. My respect to those who hold their faith dearly, I support you. But I cannot support the institution of the Catholic Church any longer.
Janine O'Reilly29 May 2018I don't want to belong or be associated to a religion that dictates how we live our lives and our moral beliefs, when they think its acceptable for their leaders to abuse the vulnerable . I am a Christian and have my own good beliefs and would not act to harm another
Keith O'Reilly24 September 2018I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have someone like me as a member 😉
Sebastian O'Reilly22 December 2020I have been brought up as a Jehovah's Witness and am getting ready for baptism.
Keith O'Reilly13 March 2018I detest the church and it's attitudes towards LGBTQ people, their coverups of CSA and rampant sexism.
Anthony O'Riordan16 August 2015It's been fifty years since my last confession
Elaine O'Riordan28 April 2023I am not catholic
Naomi O'Riordan29 August 2018I 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 in Ireland, and continue to do in Ireland, as well as all over the world.
Chris O'Rourke27 March 2019Unbeliever in any religion god(s)
Marie O'Rourke26 October 2017I am a Buddhist and do not believe there is a god.
Richard O'Rourke09 August 2015No reason given
Aisling O'Shea23 May 2018Even though the primary and post primary schools i have attended in the past and at the moment are catholic, my parents and family members are catholic and it has been the way i was raised ,catholism isnt a religous path i want to persue in my lifetime, as it in not something i believe in or support . After doing a substantial amount of research and hearing stories and with the upcoming referendum , the cattholic church is not somthing i want to associiate myself with.
Helen O'Shea31 October 2014No reason given
Jacinta O'Shea11 August 2015I am an atheist
Orla O'Shea10 March 2017Detest the Catholic Church and their actions in this country
Paul o'Shea09 September 2018Business, none of your fucking!
Liam O'Sullivan10 August 2015I never made a conscious decision to join the church, but I can make one to leave
Lisa O'Sullivan08 June 2018I don't believe in gods or magic, and I want nothing to do with this ridiculous organisation
Marian O'Sullivan10 August 2015I want to leave this vile church
Olive O'sullivan26 August 2018Non believer
Sarah O'Sullivan21 July 2017I do not believe in God and I do not agree with the Catholic Church's views or past and I want to distance myself from the Church entirely
Siobhan O'Sullivan09 January 2018General disgust with the treatment of people by the Catholic Church
Stephen O'Sullivan19 January 2018Disbelief
Susan O'Sullivan10 August 2015Not a believer
thomas o'sullivan24 February 2023Atheism
Ulick O'Sullivan19 August 2015No longer believe in any religion
Aideen O'Sullivan10 March 2017No reason given
Brian O'Sullivan17 August 2015I am not a Catholic
David O'Toole26 May 2017I never asked for this...
Thomas O'Toole16 January 2021I do not, nor have I ever, followed the teachings and scriptures of the Catholic Church as a religion or an institution. I also practice the occult. I do not wish to be considered a member of the Catholic Church as it was never my choice to be a part of it, a decision made before I could even speak. I want no link with the Catholic Church whatsoever, and find it appalling that I can't leave something I never wanted, and still don't, want to be a part of. I believe the Catholic Church is hateful, and has caused countless millions of deaths, ruined countless lives. I believe the Catholic Church is hypocritical, I don't believe in Jesus, I hate the hypocritical institute it is. I wanted to leave 32 years ago!
Christian O’Brien27 August 2018Organised religion has never sat well with me, even as a child I knew I didn’t have any faith but I was put through the motions because of school entry requirements etc...
Melanie O’Brien09 March 2018Since 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.
Siobhan O’Brien10 March 2021Non practising and opposed to the teachings and behaviour of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Aine O’Connell27 August 2018Not following the Catholic Church anymore. No interest in being part of a religion that disagrees with fundamental values that are very important to me.
Fiona O’Connell15 July 2018I don’t believe in the organization & what it stands for
Roisin O’Donnell22 March 2025I refuse to be a part of an organisation that facilitates and covers up abuse. I never chose this religion, it was chosen for me by my parents. I feel nothing but shame that I was raised in this ‘cult’. I am now a proud atheist.
Jack O’Donnell16 June 2019Do not support or believe in the Catholic Church’s bigoted and old-fashioned views
Luke O’Flanagan17 January 2021No reason given
Daniel O’Gorman27 May 2015No reason given
Kirsty O’Gorman30 August 2019The catholic church is a disgrace
Damien O’Halloran27 August 2018I have never believed in god. I am atheist. I will be trying get an official excommunication.
Kenneth O’Hehir09 December 2015I left the church quickly when i moved to Germany from Ireland and found out I had to pay 7% kirchensteuer (church tax) on my gross income……and guess what….if you sell your house then you have to pay 7% of the proceeds to the church also….
Ciara O’Keeffe26 September 2021No reason given
Celsus O’Leary09 August 2015Atheist
Amy-Kate O’Mahony10 March 2018Fundamental disagreement with doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church and organisational decisions, past and present
Rebecca O’Regan05 August 2018Non believer
Caroline O’Riordan19 August 2018I don't believe in anything written in the bible or spouted by the church.
Niamh O’Toole26 August 2018Atheist
Annemarie OBrien03 March 2017I despise all organised religion
Susan OBrien18 October 2020Theological noncognitivist
Deborah OCallaghan16 August 2020Want nothing to do with any religion
shannon ocarroll08 November 2017No reason given
John OConnell20 March 2017I do not wish to be used as a statistic to enforce dogma that I actively oppose.
Donal OFlynn09 August 2015I don't believe in it
Emily OKeeffe13 August 2018Don’t believe
Andrew Old10 September 2018I never ever believed, and I'd really rather not be counted as a member of this money-grubbing paedophile institution
Diana Olivares02 October 2016Logic
Cillian Ollry11 July 2022Change of heart
Sinéad Oman28 October 2019I don't believe in the church, God is not the church, God is Love and acceptance, God does not judge and does not discriminate , God encourages expression and wildness without limitation
Frank OMoore31 October 2016I am a skeptic, no proof of God, no proof of no god! Organised religion simply prey on the fear of death and in the case of the catholic church, I cannot forgive the systematic abuses and related cover ups. The gas thing is they think they still offer moral leadership, ha.
Ciaran oneill09 February 2020No belief in this cult..see the bigger picture of the universe..this is a control mechanism
Michelle Oragano03 May 2019Non belielever
Edward Ormonde21 June 2018I don't believe any of these fairy tales and think that religion is responsible for most of the evil in the world.
Aisling ORourke06 February 2022No reason given
Michelle OSHEA29 September 2017My views do not align with those of the Catholic church.
Claire Owens10 August 2017I do not agree or believe in the teachings of the church or with their treatment of others
Victoria Page09 July 2018I was made part of this cruel, unfair and archaic institution as a baby. I'm an atheist.
Megan Pál16 April 2019My beliefs do not coincide with beliefs of the Catholic faith. I also didn't choose to be Catholic but was baptised 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.
Jonathan Palumbo08 September 2018Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Carlos Parra15 January 2022I want to be a christian
Margaret Paterson18 May 2017Truama caused by Catholicism, does not believe anymore, and converting to another religion
Christina Patterson15 August 2018My mother had me baptised into this backwards institution when I was only 5 days old. I didn't have any say in the matter and had I, I wouldn't have become a member at all. I have never believed in God and I don't practice religion. That, up until some years ago, was enough for me to want to take my name off the CC records. However, after all of the horrific findings regarding the child sex abuse scandals, the unearthing of human remains in Tuam, the Magdalene laundries, the selling of babies and so much more – I want out. I do not want to have any association with a cult of paedophiles and murderers. The Catholic Church is a disgrace, those that run it are criminals walking around under the veil of "the untouchable men of God” hurting innocent boys and girls, knowing their buddies will always be there to cover their tracks. In any other walk of life, these crimes would have the perpetrators locked up with the key thrown away. Why should a man with a collar or a pointy hat be treated any differently?
Emma Patton10 August 2015Do not believe in Catholicism
Mary Pauline Murphy18 August 2015I do not want to be a member of a backward cult.
Francesca Pawelczyk10 August 2015No reason given
Michelle Pearse26 August 2018Change of religion and sickened by events allowed by Rome
Imelda Peppard31 August 2015I have not accepted the existence of god or willingly participated in religious practice since my first communion.
Chris Percival13 April 2020I do not practice. Historical sexual abuse and the systemic cover up by the Catholic Church.
Michael Perkins14 January 2021Too many to list, Tuam is just the latest
Joshua Perraton14 January 2021Fuck the church
Simon Pettitt09 August 2022Moral
Hannah Phelan22 July 2017Atheist
John Phelan27 July 2017Joint another religion and don't believe in da Catholic faith
Kirsty Ann Phelan23 May 2019No longer a believer in religion
John Phelan02 August 2020Atheist
shane phelan26 January 2017church scandals and current church direction and policies.
Neal Phile29 May 2017I 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
Jack Phillips24 July 2018I stopped believing in imaginary friends
Louise Phillips07 July 2018Not been an active member of the church for 19 years
Noz Pix05 August 2019I 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.
June Plunkett16 August 2015I do not believe in God and have no respect or time for the Catholic church that I had no choice in being baptised into.
Sarah Pogue19 October 2015Since I was in my early teens, I have not believed in the existence of an all-powerful, supernatural being. Since this age, I have also been in very strong disagreement with many of the teachings of the Catholic Church, to the point that my continued membership of this organisation is in direct and frequent conflict with my own core set of beliefs, principles and morals.
Lucy Pollock05 March 2017Sick of draconian bullshit and corruption
Brian Poole09 August 2015Atheism
Jessica Potter11 December 2021I did not consent to be baptised as I was only a baby
Feargus Power22 August 2018I don't believe in any religion and certainly do not wish for the criminal organisation of the catholic church to include me as one of their members.
Geoff Power07 March 2017Because I've been an atheist for 25 years
Louise Power22 March 2016I 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.
Marian Power12 August 2017I have no interest in religion of any shape or form
Paul Power23 April 2018Do not believe in religion
Sylvia Power30 August 2019Look at what the Catholic Church has done to Ireland?
william power09 August 2015Atheist
Anne-Marie Prendergast29 August 2022Paedophilia in the Catholic Church. Misogyny in the Catholic Church. Child abuse in the Catholic Church. Corruption and theft and rape and everything that represents that deplorable organisation
AnneMarie Prendergast12 September 2018No reason given
Gráinne Prendergast24 April 2016Atheist by choice
Laura Prendergast17 July 2019I 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.
Sophie Prendergast14 April 2016Religion has no meaning to me
Maria Price19 March 2017Well, there's no such thing as god.
Peter Prunty05 March 2017Non belief. Churches treatment of women, children and gays.
Gary PT30 May 2018No reason given
Nicole Ptacek15 October 2021Apostasy
Andrea Purcell18 March 2017I do not associate with or believe in the Catholic Church either as an organisation or as a belief system, and I am unimpressed to have been registered into this Church before I was old enough to have made that decision for myself.
Tony Purcell27 August 2018I want nothing more to do with this paedophile hiding, out of touch mens club.
Tammy Quane06 July 2021I’m not catholic
Enda Quealy20 March 2017No comment
Pamela Quiery12 August 2015I 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.
C quigley27 May 2015No reason given
David Quigley17 April 2018There are too many to list.
Ian Quigley21 November 2018I have never recognised my membership in this gang of perverted bigots; I was signed up while still too young to protest
Richard Quigley28 October 2017I feel religion discriminates against minorities and gives false hope
Robert Quigley16 February 2019Atheist
Patrick Quilligan17 August 2019Common sense
Aisling Quinn05 March 2017Tuam babies
Aoibhin Quinn05 August 2017Because the church does not represent me or my beliefs and has not done so since I was 12, and I'm tired of people assuming I believe in any of this nonsense.
Graham Quinn16 August 2015Based on all available evidence or lack thereof, I do not believe in any supernatural gods or an afterlife. I am an atheist.
Noel Quinn17 March 2018I wish to leave the catholic church on the grounds that i believe science has proved beyond doubt that life is just life, and when we're gone we're gone, your legacy is how you behave on this planet, and the catholic church itself has a lot to answer for.
Richard Quinn09 July 2018Church does not reflect my beliefs

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