AUSTRALIA
The Standard
CLARE QUIRK
18 Jul, 2012
THE issue of priests and celibacy in the Catholic Church is more about companionship than lust, a Warrnambool audience has heard.
Despite the hierarchy of the church being against Chris McGillion speaking at yesterday’s National Council of Priests’ convention, the journalist and lecturer drew interest from the 180 strong attendees.
At one point a priest addressed the convention, telling how he’d played golf with a group of priests once a week for a long time.
He said they would talk about the news and the footy, but none of them ever said they had had “a shithouse week”.
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