Scottish parishioners threaten a boycott and fellow clergy protest against bishop's decree of removal. A Scottish Catholic priest, who has fought for 17 years to force the
hierarchy to act against a fellow priest who abused him, has been
dismissed from the diocese of Galloway while recovering from cancer and
issued with a formal warning for talking to the Observer.
Father Patrick Lawson, who spoke out in the Observer in July using the pseudonym "Father Michael", was sent a decree of removal by Bishop John Cunningham last Wednesday, forcing him to hand over the keys of his parish house within two days. The bishop had consistently refused to accept Father Lawson's pleas, on the advice of doctors, to drop one of his two parishes – St Paul's, Hurlford – while convalescing.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/08/catholic-whistleblower-priest-gets-sack
Father Patrick Lawson, who spoke out in the Observer in July using the pseudonym "Father Michael", was sent a decree of removal by Bishop John Cunningham last Wednesday, forcing him to hand over the keys of his parish house within two days. The bishop had consistently refused to accept Father Lawson's pleas, on the advice of doctors, to drop one of his two parishes – St Paul's, Hurlford – while convalescing.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/08/catholic-whistleblower-priest-gets-sack