Diarmuid Martin Considers Setting up Dublin Seminary

By Patsy McGarry
Irish times
August 5, 2016

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Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin: would like to see seminarians living in a smaller community from where they could be assigned to parishes in Dublin. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said he would favour the establishment of a new seminary in Dublin for the formation of priests.

Speaking after he decided to stop sending seminarians from the Dublin Archdiocese to St Patrick’s College in Maynooth amid anonymous allegations of a gay subculture there, Dr Martin said he had been looking at a site for a new seminary but it was not yet ready.

Dr Martin told The Irish Times he believed the climate in Maynooth was not that of a “serene and tranquil setting suitable for ordinary students” .

Regarding the allegations about Maynooth, he said he had “a very strong view on anonymity”