[txnativegop]

Everyone there should be excommunicated. If need be, the Church should be closed and dismantled.

[Huntress]

Father Kennedy, who has been accused of fostering and facilitating unorthodox practices, including changing words in liturgies, said repeated invitations had been issued to Archbishop Bathersby to visit St Mary's.

This passage is at best vague. What really prompted the Archbishop to fire Father Kennedy?

[vladimir998]

“...non-conforming priest...”

Uh, that must be PC for “heretic”.

[kcvl]

EMBATTLED priest Father Peter Kennedy collapsed and was rushed to hospital last night.

It was only hours after leading an emotional final Mass at St Mary’s South Brisbane.

With St Mary’s full to overflowing during the 5pm Mass, 71-year-old Father Kennedy again exhorted his followers to continue as a congregation.

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sacked Father Peter Kennedy — dumped for blessing gay couples and allowing women to preach

Yesterday, he also defended his church’s social activism, telling 600 people at St Mary’s Sunday Mass that Jesus also was harshly criticised for unorthodox behaviour.

Fr Kennedy said he was also considering legal advice over possible action in Queensland’s industrial courts, claiming unfair dismissal.

[kcvl]

Father Peter Kennedy

[A.A. Cunningham]

Why hasn’t Bathersby simply changed the locks?

[cothrige]

It seems to me that the Bishop’s sin is the greater here. The priest seems to be an unrepentant heretic who is simply doing what he believes, ugly and sad as that is. However, it is obvious that the bishop has known about this for some time, probably years from what I gather, and has done nothing at all beyond writing a couple of letters. I find it hard to believe that if he saw someone stealing his car he would be this lax in a response, but would act immediately and demand that others do as well. But here we see a man leading numerous souls astray and acting to sow schism in the Church, and the bishop, who admits to knowing that the actions of the priest are wrong, is simply sitting idle while people may actually be dragged down to hell. As bad as the priest is it is bishops of this sort that actually bear the responsibility for these errors and heresies.

[mo]

This is really quite simple....regardless of how they advertise themselves .....they really aren’t at all.....

[marshmallow]

Using a bushfire analogy, St Mary's priest of 28 years said that there were "spot fires" of dissent around Australia and the world. "This sort of community could actually set those fires off," he said at a media conference after the service.

Fire. What an appropriate metaphor, albeit unintended.

Actually Father, the global trend is in the opposite direction. The fires have been burning for four decades or longer. In many places, they've been burning out of control. Now however, there are signs that many are being tamed and put out.

Sporadic flare ups still occur from time to time. Your parish is one of them.

A fire helicopter with monsoon bucket will be arriving shortly. Please stand by.