IRELAND
Irish Examiner
By Claire O’Sullivan
Saturday, April 21, 2012
A lay religious group will hold a silent vigil outside the residence of the papal nuncio in protest at the silencing of four liberal priests.
Participants are being encouraged to wear gags as a symbol of protest outside the Apostolic Nunciature in Dublin, on Sunday week.
It was revealed recently that Fr Tony Flannery, a founder of the Association of Catholic Priests, was ordered by Rome to discontinue writing for the Redemptorists’ magazine.
His editor, Fr Gerry Moloney, was also warned not to publish any content that ran contrary to church teachings.
Two years ago, Fr Owen O’Sullivan, a Capuchin, and Fr Sean Fagan, a Marist, were also silenced for controversial writing.
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