The Maynooth story is symptomatic of the challenges facing the Catholic
Church and its future direction. Both Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and
Father Brendan Hoban of the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) have
used the same phrase - a "closed, strange world" - to describe Maynooth
Seminary. And the fallout is much wider than rumours circulating about
inappropriate sexual activities in the Seminary.
The secrecy that hovers over Maynooth reflects the lack of transparency in the handling of clerical child abuse. Are the people of God not entitled to know how their future priests are being trained to minister? Those who struggle to remain in the Church are ill served by the current confusion and lack of leadership.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/secrecy-that-hovers-over-maynooth-reflects-lack-of-transparency-in-clerical-abuse-scandal-34943138.html
The secrecy that hovers over Maynooth reflects the lack of transparency in the handling of clerical child abuse. Are the people of God not entitled to know how their future priests are being trained to minister? Those who struggle to remain in the Church are ill served by the current confusion and lack of leadership.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/secrecy-that-hovers-over-maynooth-reflects-lack-of-transparency-in-clerical-abuse-scandal-34943138.html