IRELAND
Irish Central
An Augustinian priest has delivered a stinging rebuke to ‘right-wing Catholics’ and ‘career-orientated Catholics’ who are trying to silence those clerics calling for change within the church.
Fr Iggy O’Donovan made the remarks in his final homily at St Augustines in Drogheda before he takes an enforced sabbatical.
He also spoke out in favour of the controversial Redemptorist priest Fr Tony Flannery, subject of a silencing bid by the Vatican for his outspoken views on church reform in the wake of clerical sex scandals.
In an unprecedented move the Mayor of Drogheda Richard Culhane spoke at the mass and asked for fair treatment for Father O’Donovan who he described as a hugely popular figure.
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