IRELAND
Irish Independent
SARAH MAC DONALD – PUBLISHED 18 APRIL 2014 02:30 AM
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has strongly backed fellow clergy as he hit out at unfair media “unjustly” tarnishing all priests.
The senior clergyman said many priests and lay people had been left hurt by a cartoon based on the current controversy over the sanctity of the confessional.
“I am a strong believer in freedom of speech and of the vital role of satire in social criticism, but I object to anything that would unjustly tarnish all good priests with the unpardonable actions of some,” the Archbishop said in his homily for the Chrism Mass in Dublin’s Pro Cathedral.
In an affirmation of his clergy, Dr Martin stated that there are “great priests in the Archdiocese of Dublin.”
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