AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald

JOANNE MCCARTHY

16 Feb, 2012

A CATHOLIC priest who was critical of the church’s handling of the sale of its aged-care homes says he has been sacked and told to leave his Muswellbrook parish.

Father James Lunn, a former financial analyst, was stood down from his position as parish priest on Friday after posting documents on the parish website detailing his clash with the Maitland-Newcastle diocese over the proposed sale of the $4.2million Mount Providence home.

The documents proved that the diocese did not own the property but that it was owned by the parish.

The Vatican became involved after documents sent to Rome to confirm the sale of the diocese’s aged-care homes to the Little Company of Mary had to be altered to remove Mount Providence.