IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
[with video]
By Cate McCurry
PUBLISHED 06/11/2015
The Archbishop of Armagh has revealed that he has reported suspected clerical abuse to the authorities on three or four occasions since becoming the leader of Ireland’s Catholics.
Since Archbishop Eamonn Martin became all-Ireland primate last September, he said there have been three or four occasions when he feared a vulnerable person was being abused by a priest.
The church leader said none were children and none of the cases were taken forward by the authorities.
In a wide-ranging interview with veteran broadcaster Eamonn Mallie, to be shown this Sunday, Dr Martin also said he believes it is possible for a gay man to be a priest – but not a woman.
He added that he has “no problem” with priests who have gay tendencies as long as they remain celibate.
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