Posted on 08/02/2016 5:53:20 PM PDT by PotatoHeadMick
Dublin's archbishop has said he will stop sending trainee priests to the Republic of Ireland's main Catholic college after allegations emerged of a gay culture at the seminary.
St Patrick's College in Maynooth is not the right place for men to study to become priests, Diarmuid Martin said.
He is "unhappy about an atmosphere that was growing" the seminary.
He added that he would prefer to send priests from his Dublin diocese to Italy to study at Rome's Irish College.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Anyone who dares to speak openly about the gay culture among theoretically celibate clerics gets hurt, sometimes badly hurt. The archbishop knows that very well.
Reports indicate authorities are investigating the illicit activities of, Gerald Fitzpatrick, and Patrick Fitzgerald.
RE: “I think this hardly comes as a surprise to anyone familiar with the Irish Catholic church.”
The Catholic church is a joke...always has been ....gee nice pope ya got’s now...Francis the marxist....fk the vatican.
I even thought about it twice before posting the comment...I have NO second thoughts...?
Patrick FitzGerald and Gerald FitzPatrick
Infiltration of seminaries started decades back.
Queers get control and act as gate keepers to bring
in their Reggies and keep out straight applicants
as much as possible.
“The formation, I believe, would be better outside the closed, strange world of seminaries.”
gee, ya think...?
I have NO second thoughts...?
I agree...in order to have second thoughts, you’d have to have had a first one to begin with...
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