Fr Shamus McCarthy

1950 to Present ( Born 08 April 1950, he is 37 years old in 1987)

=Description= As an Irishman he is rather prim and proper and very polite. He is old school, and mostly wears a cassock with a hood around town when on official business. Being alone most of his life, he is a decent cook and enjoys cooking gadgets and classes.

=History=

1950
Born 08 April 1950, to Shaun and Emily McCarthy. His surname McCarthy (Mac Carthaigh) means "loving person." This name is most prevalent in County Cork of Ireland. The famous Blarney Castle was built by his family the McCarthy's.

[History: Cormac McCarthy lived in the castle at the time he was avoiding submission to Queen Elizabeth's rule. He did so by writing evasive answers to her letters demanding he submit. Thus began the legend of "kissing the Blarney Stone". Doing so would endow a person with the gift of evasive and eloquent speech.]

1966
Much of his misspent youth was on the streets stealing cars and other shinny things. He was arrested by the time he was 16 years old, and fell in with some rough kids who were working to fight the British in Northern Ireland (so he has a little experience with Guns and Explosives, although he never killed anyone before).

1968
In 1968, a local Priest took him under his wing and got him admitted to the seminary.

1972
Returning to his roots, he got assigned to a church in Belfast where he could work with kids who were on the street. He was also, unofficially, the Pastor to a group of IRA Terrorists.

1976
While conducting a private baptismal service for a group of IRA radicals wanted by the British government, the Army stormed the facility with guns blazing. In an attempt to save the life of a young women and her infant child, he was shot and critically wounded. After spending time recouperating in the hospital, he realized that God granted him the ability to perform miracles (he was awakened).

1977
In 1977, he went back for a graduate degree at Catholic University in Vatican City and got an advanced degree in theology and Demonology. He is officially sanctioned as an exorcist from the Vatican.

1987
Fr. Shamus is assigned to Watertown by the Vatican.