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Mr Maurice Lyons, Courtnabooly West, Callan, Kilkenny
2 July 2009
For the attention of the Minister for Justice
I am the Executive Director of the Family Rights and Responsibilities
Institute of Ireland.
We were set up by the National Mens Council of Ireland and Mothers at
Home organisations who between then represent the Family men and women
of Ireland.
Our aims and objectives are to encourage, support and protect the
Family founded on Marriage.
The institution of marriage is under attack from many quarters and we
operate a Family Help and Marriage Reconciliation Group for spouses
who wish to protect the integrity of their Marriage and protect their
children from unlawful interference from any third party. Much to our
dismay the majority of attacks on the Family founded on Marriage come
from State bodies.
One of the members of our Family Help and Marriage Reconciliation
Group, Mr Maurice Lyons of Courtnabooly West, Callan, Kilkenny has
been attempting to keep his Marriage going despite his wife having
left him and taken the children away – aided and abetted by the State.
He is at all times open to Reconciliation so he has no intention of
seeking or being granted a Judicial separation or a Divorce. He has
not made an appearance in any legal proceedings which would give the
Court jurisdiction to make orders involving his Family. In spite of
this he has received documents claiming to be valid Orders of the
Circuit court granting him a judicial separation. These fraudulent
orders have then be used to harass him with threats and he has been
forced to make a criminal complaint to the gardai about the
perpetrators of this fraud – the solicitors representing his wife and
the Court officers. This complaint lies with the Gardai but they are
trying to ignore it.
He also has a complaint against members of the gardai who entered his
house illegally, again using the fraudulent order to harass and
threaten him that is being investigated by the Garda Ombudsman
Commission. (GSOC Ref. 840155-04-09)
Today at about 11am three Gardai entered his property and trespassed
on the driveway for about an hour. They tried to gain an unlawful
entry and set off the burglar alarm. More Garda arrived and they
starting knocking his front door down and did some considerable damage.
Mr Lyons asked through the window what their purpose was and he was
told they had a Warrant for his arrest. They refused to give him a
copy of it and instead five gardai handled him very roughly and held
him whilst handcuffing him.
He was then taken to Kilkenny Garda Station and that is where he
remains. He was allowed a one minute conversation with me where he
relayed this account to me of what happened.
In essence Mr Lyons has been arrested because he is open to
reconciliation. Gardai using public monies are being used, like a
private army, to intimidate Mr Lyons and force him to give the court
jurisdiction to break up his Marriage against his wishes.
It is likely that the Gardai are being used, like a private army, to
remove Mr Lyons from his home so that another person can gain entry to
it and force him out.
It is also possible that this intimidation could be being used by the
Gardai, as in Donegal, to prevent a proper investigation and charges
against members of the force.
In the circumstances this detention appears to be without proper
process and in violation of the Constitution rights of him and his
Family. We assert that Mr Lyons should be released immediately and the
matter investigated.
There are a large number of citizens in support of the institution of
Marriage from around the country who are following this matter and
will be making their protest known if the matter is not dealt with
satisfactorily. We trust the minister will do the right thing.
God bless, Roger Eldridge
Executive Director, Family Rights and Responsibilities Institute of
Ireland, Knockvicar, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
familyrightsinstitute@eircom.net 07196-67138 086-8180146
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