March 06, 2006

SORDID TALE OF FATHER FLASH'S FALL FROM GRACE

SCOTLAND
Glasgow Daily Record

THE BACKGROUND
THE Record broke the story of how "Father Flash" was suspended from the priesthood after claims of an "inappropriate relationship" with a woman.

Roddy MacNeil was told by his bishop to quit his Western Isles parish, Our Lady Of The Sea, on Barra, in December.

His flock were not told about the scandal.

Instead, they were told that their popular priest, renowned for his sharp dressing and suave manner, had "taken time out to reflect on the future of his priestly vocation".

But the real reason the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, IanMurray, had suspended him was because he was having an affair.

Posted by kshaw at March 6, 2006 07:48 AM