Grand Secretary’s Office
Grand Lodge of Ireland
Freemasons’ Hall
17 Molesworth Street
Dublin 2
13 June 2014
Dear Barry Lyons,
Masonic Civil War and the course of Kangaroo Court to High Court.
Just because I tell the truth, that does not make me an enemy of Masonic principals. I always upheld pure Ancient Masonry and stood firmly against those who assaulted the tenets and teachings on the obligations which I freely gave assent.
After a Masonic Kangaroo Court, on 18 March 2009, was held by John S. Dunlop the Provincial Grand Master aided by John Dickson the Provincial Registrar, by the public direction of the Grand Master George Dunlop in February 2009, I continually expressed that I sought reinstatement and show the false allegations fabricated on me. Since the promotion in Provincial and Grand Lodge level, those Antrim officers including Jack O. Dunlop the Provincial Assistant Grand Master who jointly organised and held the Kangaroo Court with subsequent concealment on matters, it remains that the Grand Lodge is unwilling to acknowledge its failings. Rather, it governs on a foundation of self protection, deceit and moral bankruptcy to the detriment of Irish Freemasons and Freemasonry worldwide.
I had attended in the public gallery, January 2014, the High Court hearing brought by father and son, Stewart and Brian Hood against the Grand Lodge of Ireland regarding a breach of contract. In April 2014 Mr. Justice Weatherup ruled the no breach of contract by the Masonic Order could be established and that those who brought the case are not entitled to have their 2009 dues repaid. His substantial reserved judgement extended to decree that the Laws and Constitution had on several occasions not been adhered by the Senior Officers of the Order pertaining to matters from 30 March 2009 onward.
While those who brought the Masonic Order to High Court seeking natural justice may be disappointed in not establishing a breach of contract and the repayment of their dues I am unable to perceive how the Order can be at ease with the entirety of the ruling. This ruling has informed of a Masonic Civil War in the Antrim Province and of Senior Officers in variance to the Laws and Constitution.
With time elapsed to reflect on the ruling I can identify as to why father and son were unable to establish their case. Masonic documents were shredded, Masonic meetings were held without minutes or notes, Senior Officers with selective memory loss definitely would contribute to the obstruction of truth from those who brought the case. A breach of contract was not established but the Masonic Order is unable and unwilling to advise the membership in an open and transparent manner the shallow success it attained in the High Court nor does it refute Mr. Justice Weatherups submission, for the public domain, of the Civil War in Freemasonry. Nor did he rule on the Masonic Kangaroo Court as the legal writ applied only to matters from 30 March 2009 onward. Nor was the High court involved with inappropriate monetary issues and dubious assertions by Cabinet Officers regarding Rosemary Street Masonic Hall.
The Belfast Telegraph published an article which is a fair report on the High Court proceedings- http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/freemasons-lose-civil-war-battle-30166392.html
Accepting the High Court ruling on matters I equally accept that the Order is evasive to the revelations aired. If the Grand Lodge of England and Grand Lodge of Scotland can continue in amity with the Grand Lodge of Ireland, via tripartite meetings and plan to celebrate the 300th anniversary of same when the enemy within has been exposed, then I no longer desire to be a member within those fraternal societies. The elephants in the room, wearing golden braid, fool only themselves as recent Grand Lodge meetings reflect that over half of the attending members chose to abstain on issues maliciously presented by Grand Lodge Officers.
To aid my defence at Grand Lodge hearings I had sought disclosure on the subject of Meditation which the Grand Master had introduced, February 2009, when he directed his incompetent Antrim Officers to act against me, while knowingly aware that the Grand Lodge Mediation process had established the extent of their deliberate transgressions on fellow masons. I fail to comprehend why the Provincial Secretary was sacked when an irregular Committee of Inspection form was falsely introduced by the Antrim Officers who attend Grand Lodge Board meetings. Never the less I was informed by Grand Lodge that it does not hold a copy on what I required and that as the Assistant Grand Master, Leslie V. Johnston had died it was within his receipt. Belatedly after my show trial I attempted to garner from the author of the Mediation Report but he was instructed by Grand Lodge not to provide it.
However, please find attached a copy of the Mediation Report for Grand Lodge files which illuminates how John S. Dunlop when he was Provincial Grand Master led his cohort of Cabinet dissidents to victimise anyone who would query him. While matters contained therein would have been of my benefit the shenanigans of hierarchy who do anything to protect the immorality of marauding Prince Masons who dictate on Craft workings. More importantly it reconfirms in conjunction with the High Court findings that I no longer desire to be reinstated. Grand Lodge of Ireland has nothing to offer me with its present governance of gagging edicts which are noted in the enclosed chairman’s Mediation Report. Antrim Senior Offices had deliberately misled the Antrim membership and Grand Lodge Officers conspired to enable the guilty go unpunished.
Furthermore, an Order which holds Kangaroo Courts and rewards the perpetrators is not for me. A Fraternal Order on which a High Court Judge has ruled that it is Senior Officers who are in variance to the Laws and Constitution and that the wrong doers remain in office is an Order which I am unable to endorse. The governance by the present Grand Lodge of Ireland regime is not compatible to Masonic edification.
No longer restricted by gagging orders I continue to display my Masonic certificates at home with pride as I am not ashamed of how I dutifully served the Order guided by my obligations and adherence to the Laws and Constitutions. Peculiar it will remain that with honesty and integrity intact I am able to tell anyone of my time in Irish Freemasonry but those in governance cower at the mention of my name. The predetermined Antrim voting slip also remains as a framed artefact to my tenure along with the recollection of John Dickson promotion to Provincial Grand Master and his claim to have been intimidated by the sight of his own voting slip at my show trial. That incident Grand Lodge is unable to null and void and brings much mirth when truth is told.
As a trustee of Freemasons’ Hall, Arthur Square I coined the phrase ‘for the benefit of all who enter’ which is engraved on the balcony above the front porch. My time as a trustee was beneficial, successful and positive and obviously that displeases the hierarchy each and every time they enter Arthur Square Hall while Rosemary Street Hall mirrors the decline, apathy and mismanagement of Irish Freemasonry in general.
Maybe the Grand Almoner will embark to the needs of the victims of the Masonic Civil War?
Enclosed : Mediation report June 2008
Yours, and victimised,
Ronnie Wilson.
cc : PGLs, ML 51, CCB, BB, etc.
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