IRELAND
The Journal
A TRAINEE PRIEST at St Patrick’s College in Maynooth has today described the atmosphere at the seminary as “poisonous”.
The training college has been a centre of controversy in the past week with suggestions that a gay culture is prevalent on campus, with some trainees making use of gay dating app Grindr.
The college itself has in recent days said there is “no concrete or credible evidence” that such a culture exists at the college.
The current trainee, who spoke to Brian O’Connell on RTÉ’s Today with Seán O’Rourke under condition of anonymity, said quite specifically that “one of the elements which is destroying life in the seminary is the existence of a homosexual subculture”.
“The bishops have turned a blind eye to this problem,” he said.
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