IRELAND
Irish Central
By
KERRY O’SHEA,
IrishCentral Staff Writer
Published Thursday, June 21, 2012
A report commissioned by the Vatican and led by Cardinal Timothy Dolan on an Irish seminary in Rome has come under harsh criticism by Irish archbishops and has been slammed as both prejudiced and factually flawed.
David Gibson for The Washington Post reports on the mudslinging that has since ensued between Cardinal Dolan and Ireland’s four archbishops surrounding the report on the flagship Irish College in Rome, Italy.
In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI commissioned Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley and other churchmen to review Ireland’s four archdioceses and to inspect Ireland’s Catholic seminaries to make sure they were preparing men properly for the priesthood. The team was assembled following the widespread shocking allegations of sexual abuse within the Church.
Cardinal Dolan’s report, which included his views on the new Irish College seminary in Rome, was sent to the Vatican earlier this year.
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