Catholicism in Ireland
is being abandoned to obsessive extremists and a religious media more
anxious to protect its pockets than engage with realities of faith in
the world, a leading priest has said.
“If bishops or priests or intelligent ‘lay’ Catholics
are not prepared to reflectively engage in the public market-place then
that space is left open to obsessive Catholic extremists who seek to
psychologically bludgeon anyone who doesn’t agree with them – and do
untold damage to the Catholic faith in Ireland – and to religious media
who often seem more anxious to protect their pockets than to engage with
the realities of faith in the world,” said Fr Brendan Hoban.