IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
By Mark Hilliard
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Silencing priests is not an appropriate method of ending disagreements within the church, the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) said yesterday.
More than 1,000 people attended a meeting to discuss how to solve the church “crisis” that includes continuing abuse scandals and declining Mass attendance.
Fr Brendan Hoban of the ACP told the gathering at Dublin’s Regency Hotel that clamping down on “wayward” opinions was not the way to deal with issues.
He was referring to the recent censoring of a number of priests including Fr Brian D’Arcy and Fr Tony Flannery who voiced opinions unpopular with the hierarchy.
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