IRELAND
Irish Independent
By John Fallon and Declan Rooney
Monday October 08 2012
CATHOLIC bishops have snubbed an offer to meet with a group of priests and lay people who want to reform the church.
Around 400 people attended an assembly in Galway at the weekend which was organised by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP).
Organisers had extended an invitation to around half a dozen bishops in the west of Ireland to attend the gathering, however none showed up.
Fr Tony Flannery, one of the founders of the ACP and the chair of the assembly, said the laity and priests want to be able to meet bishops to discuss the future of the church in Ireland.
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