IRELAND
Irish Times
MARIE O’HALLORAN
CENSURED PRIEST Fr Brian D’Arcy has said he would have been a much better priest if he had married.
He has also questioned whether he can continue in the priesthood, after the Vatican’s censure when he challenged some of its core teachings.
In a documentary to be broadcast tonight, the cleric, who has been in the religious life for 50 years, also speaks about being sexually abused himself.
In The Turbulent Priest, to be shown on BBC One Northern Ireland at 10.35pm, Fr D’Arcy travels across Europe and speaks to a number of other people about the Catholic Church’s teachings and whether he can continue in the religious life.
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