IRELAND
Irish Post
August 5, 2016, By Erica Doyle Higgins
EARLIER this week Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said he was “unhappy” with activities alleged to be taking place at Ireland’s national seminary.
The Catholic clergyman also said he would be removing his priests-in-training from the Maynooth-based college and instead sending them to Rome.
The Archbishop’s comments come amidst anonymous allegations of misconduct and gay sexual activity at the Co. Kildare-based seminary, which is home to 55 priests-in-training.
Once noted as the oldest seminary in the world, St. Patrick’s College is this week at the centre of a series of controversial claims.
When contacted by The Irish Post both Maynooth seminary and The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference said they would be making no further comment on the matter.
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