Project to open bed and breakfast for pilgrims near Knock shrine lost charity more than €50,000
However, a 2021 report from the board’s then-chancellor Desmond Carroll said actual income for 2019 amounted “to a mere €5,875″. Financially, the project had been “the second highest loss” to the organisation, with “serious concerns” expressed by members, it said.
Much of the infighting over the deal related to the fact a deed of renunciation had been signed with the lease. This meant the organisation gave up its right to renew the lease at the end of the 15 years, despite having spent funds developing the site. The report, the findings of which the order’s headquarters subsequently said should be withdrawn, said the terms of the deal were “highly irregular and embarrassingly imprudent” for the organisation, but this had been concealed from the board at the time.The tensions over the Knock project came at a time when the Order of Malta was facing a separate child sex abuse controversy.
Following that report, the order’s headquarters in Rome lifted Mr Lawlor’s suspension and directed he be reinstated as “a member in good standing”, with the findings against him withdrawn. In an email dated December 22nd, 2021, Mr Peart said the criticism of the disciplinary commission was “based on an incorrect understanding” of its work.
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