IRELAND
Irish Central
By
JANE WALSH,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Saturday, April 7, 2012
Irish liberal priests are being subjected to FBI Edgar Hoover like tactics says Fr Adrian Egan, the head of the Redemptorist Order in Limerick.
His comments came after The Vatican stated they were investigating fellow Redemptorist Father Tony Flannery for his liberal views on issues such as female priests and his criticism of the church sex scandal.
In a defiant show of public support for his “friend and colleague”, Fr Egan said he was “hugely disappointed”, “dismayed”, “flabbergasted, shocked and amazed” at the move by the Vatican.
“I’m speaking on my own behalf and not for the Redemptorist order. I see nothing to be gained from silencing Tony. It doesn’t sit well in today’s culture and it doesn’t benefit anyone. He (Tony) is articulating what he is hearing on the coal-face from ordinary people.”
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