IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Colm Kelpie
Saturday June 16 2012
A GROUP representing more than 800 priests last night reacted with anger to a highly critical Vatican inspection of the Irish College in Rome.
The report, by the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, has called for substantial reform at the institution which educates students for the priesthood.
It expressed concern about the staffing, as well as the atmosphere and philosophy of the college.
Cardinal Dolan found that the college “suffers from the reputation of being gay friendly, however unjust such a reputation might be”.
The report criticises Ireland’s four Catholic archbishops — the trustees of the college — and alleges that staff were critical of any emphasis on the teaching authority of the church.
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