IRELAND
Association of Catholic Priests
Invitation to Meeting
Dear Fellow Members
As we approach the third anniversary of the first Portlaoise meeting which effectively founded the ACP, it may be a good time for us to take stock of where we are, what we have achieved to date and the goals we need to set for ourselves into the future.
Some new issues are emerging, like the ‘clustering’ proposal to deal with the ongoing decline in priest-numbers, and we need to agree a policy approach to it; some old issues remain like procedures for dealing with allegations against priests, and we need to maintain our focus on them; and the spectre of a Church without sufficient priests to sustain our parishes is fast approaching as we sleep walk towards an advancing precipice.
There is also the question of unfair and unjust procedures in dealing with the independence of the ACP and the actions of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith against Tony Flannery.
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