Posted on 08/20/2016 5:20:34 PM PDT by marshmallow
Catholic Priests rail against Archbishop Charles Brown over selection of bishops
A group which claims to represent almost a third of Ireland’s Catholic priests has severely criticised papal nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown over his selection of bishops. It just stopped short of asking for him to be replaced.
The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) said it was “reluctant to call for Archbishop Brown’s removal” but felt it “instructive that his appointment was a central part of Rome’s response to the problems of the Irish Church”.
Archbishop Brown’s appointment by Pope Benedict in November 2011 followed the publication of four reports into clerical child sex abuse.
It “was widely interpreted as an opportunity of disciplining the Irish Church” the ACP has said.
Since his arrival in Ireland, Archbishop Brown has been involved with the appointment of 10 bishops and is in the process of appointing six more.
“That’s 16 (or 60 per cent) of the 26 dioceses in Ireland,” the ACP noted.
'Grave disquiet’
It also repeated criticisms that it previously levelled at him. The policies he pursued in choosing bishops were, “in the main, inadequate to the needs of our time, at odds with the expectations of people and priests and out of sync with the new church dispensation, ushered in by the election of Pope Francis over three years ago and the changed perspective of his renewed commitment to the spirit of the Second Vatican Council, ” the ACP said.
It expressed “grave disquiet” at the “lack of consultation” involved, as well as a “preference for candidates drawn from a particular mind-set”.
There was also what it described as “an apparently haphazard policy of appointments to distant dioceses that pays little regard to the traditions and heritage of a diocese; and the choice of candidates who seem to be out......
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Sounds like “Yada, yada, yada.”
It sounds as if this papal nuncio is doing a good job. Lucky that Ireland is a small country or he might not have got away with it for so long. And what nonsense - a union for priests!
These priests are super liberal lefties — it’s no surprise they are offended by someone who is mainstream and orthodox. That said, if they would want to trade nuncios with us, I would be happy to.
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