Why the Catholic Right Wants ‘cleanout’ in Maynooth

By Patsy McGarry
Irish Times
August 5, 2016

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Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin at Maynooth seminary

Many have been intrigued, if not confused, by the enthusiasm with which some noted traditional Catholics rushed to support Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin’s recent observations about “strange goings-on” at St Patrick’s College in Maynooth.

Many have been intrigued, if not confused, by the enthusiasm with which some noted traditional Catholics rushed to support Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin’s recent observations about “strange goings-on” at St Patrick’s College in Maynooth.

He would not normally be seen as a poster boy for publications such as the Catholic Voice and Irish Catholic newspapers or with the Iona Institute.

However, his comment on the seminary seeming “like a quarrelsome place” which he did not think “was a good place for students” was music to the ears of many on the Catholic right. As was his decision to send Dublin seminarians to the Irish College in Rome.

But while the right too would be concerned at what he described as anonymous allegations of misconduct, their primary interest is with theological formation.