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TheMediaReport
Dave Pierre
In a blustery, half-hour talk that opened this year’s SNAP conference in Chicago, Dominican priest and celebrity expert witness for contingency lawyers Fr. Thomas Doyle reiterated his contempt for his putative employer, the Catholic Church, according to sources present.
In a talk about the clergy scandals entitled, “1982 to 2012: Thirty years – What’s changed, and what hasn’t,” Doyle did acknowledge that “there has been a lot of positive change” and “children are safer.” But despite the unprecedented efforts that the Catholic Church has undertaken to protect kids, Doyle has still somehow concluded that the bishops’ approach to victims has “gotten worse.”
Admitting apostasy?
Fr. Doyle’s most eye-opening remarks, however, came during a Q&A period following his talk, when Doyle essentially conceded that he is really not even Catholic.
Although he said he was still “legally a priest,” he freely acknowledged that he has “nothing to do with the Catholic Church” and “nothing to do with the clerical life.”
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