IRELAND
The Irish Times

PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent

SEMINARIANS: SUGGESTIONS THAT seminarians were being asked to live a “cloistered life” away from other students were rejected yesterday by Irish church leaders.

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin and Primate of Ireland Cardinal Seán Brady said student priests needed “space” but there was no question of locking them away. Archbishop Martin also said the church was “not going . . . heresy hunting”.

They were commenting in the wake of the publication of the summary of seven visitation reports on the Irish church sent to Rome last year.