A judge has approved a bail surety for a jailed mother of nine whose humanist marriage he described as ‘mumbo jumbo’ and 'for the fairies’. At Ennis District Court today, Judge Patrick Durcan approved Thomas McLeish as independent surety for 41-year-old Patricia McLeish (Fogarty) of Shanbally, Craughwell, Co Galway. Before approving surety that will allow the woman be released on bail from prison pending her appeal to the Circuit Court, Judge Durcan said that the case had caused him "distress". On Tuesday, solicitor for Ms McLeish (Fogarty), Jennifer Donovan said that her client now goes by the name of Patricia Fogarty after taking her husband’s Fogarty surname after marrying at a humanist ceremony four years ago. However, Judge Durcan said: “The law provides procedures for entering into marriage which is something that imposes civil responsibility and imposes civil obligations.

Source: Evening echo December 05, 2018 15:33 UTC