IRELAND
Herald
Saturday April 28 2012
Fr Brian D’arcy is the fifth Irish priest to be told that he must submit his writings and broadcasts to the Vatican for vetting and censorship. A certain generation will react to that news with a ‘Brian who?’ But for those who know something of Brian D’Arcy, it will be seen as a stunning leap back to the 1950s.
D’Arcy was of a new generation of Catholic priests in Ireland in the early 1970s. Then as now, it was anachronistic to find a priest possessed of a love of, expertise in, and willingness to talk about youth culture.
At that historical nexus of rock, country and jive, Brian D’Arcy lived as chaplain to the stars. The music is now old-fashioned. Then it was cutting-edge. It was then as Bressie and LMFAO and Jessie J and One Direction are now. And D’Arcy was at the heart of it.
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