IRELAND
Irish Times
PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent
A LEADING Irish theologian, Augustinian priest Fr Gabriel Daly, protested at a conference in Dublin yesterday “against the unjust and sometimes cruel tactics resorted to by the papacy and its curia against good men and women who are genuinely concerned with making Christ present to the world”.
He continued: “We can differ in our theologies within the church, but surely we can agree that this treatment of our brothers and sisters is utterly unjust and indefensible.”
He said: “If we do not stand up to what Rome is doing, they will continue to bully those who, quite legitimately, do not think as they do. I also wish to give pastoral support to fellow Catholics who have been alienated from Rome by its outlook and behaviour.”
Fr Daly was speaking at a special conference on Vatican Two 50 Year On at Newman House.
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