By Mike Keegan
Manchester Evening News
August 11, 2009
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1131103_catholic_priest_admits_hes_a_dad__and_quits
A CATHOLIC priest stunned parishioners by revealing he had a four-year-old child - and then resigned.
Father Peter McDonough dropped the bombshell on the congregation at a sign-language mass for the deaf at St Patrick's Church, in Collyhurst, on Sunday.
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The 54-year-old, who is deaf himself, has spent the last 27 years serving the region's deaf Catholic community.
Vicar General Mark Davies, from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford, said Fr McDonough made the decision after a 'time of reflection'.
He added: "It was with great sadness that the deaf community and the whole Catholic community in Collyhurst learnt of Father Peter's decision on Sunday.
"Following much reflection and many conversations with his Bishop, Father Peter McDonough has reached this personal decision.
"The outstanding work of St. Joseph's Mission to Deaf People to which Father Peter dedicated so many years of his priestly life will continue to be fully supported by the Salford Diocese."
Fr Frank Parkinson will take over Mr McDonough's duties in September.
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