IRELAND
BBC News
A group representing hundreds of Irish priests has said it is disappointed that the Irish Catholic Church’s Bishops Conference will not meet them.
The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) has claimed the conference refused to hold face-to-face talks to discuss the future of the Church.
The ACP represents more than 850 priests on the island of Ireland.
Recently, it has been criticised by the Vatican for expressing views that contradict the Church’s teaching.
Fr Tony Flannery, a spokesman for the ACP, said the response they had received to their request for a meeting was a “fairly definitive statement” on the hierarchy’s feelings about the group.
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