IRELAND
Church Militant
by Rodney Pelletier • ChurchMilitant.com • August 25, 2016
MAYNOOTH, Ireland (ChurchMilitant.com) – Ireland’s Catholic hierarchy is ignoring the homosexual infestation of Maynooth seminary, instead claiming the solution to recent scandal is more women and less internet.
Despite recent public exposure of St. Patrick Seminary — the national seminary for Ireland — as being a hotbed of homosexual activity, a recent meeting of the trustees reveals a failure to deal with the source of scandal: homosexuality.
The trustees of St. Patrick Seminary — a group of the four archbishops of Ireland and 13 senior bishops — met on August 23 to discuss “the needs of the students and staff.”
They claim the anonymous reporting of accusations has created an “unhealthy atmosphere,” causing social media comments to be “speculative or even malicious.”
To address the situation the trustees are deciding to review policies currently in place to determine the best way to deal with “whistle-blowers,” and revise seminary policy regarding “appropriate use” of the internet and social media. A component of the seminary’s recent scandal is frequent and open usage of the gay online dating app., Grindr, by gay seminarians.
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