The founder of Ireland's Association of Catholic Priests has said he has found it hard to maintain faith in the Church after being silenced four years ago.
Fr Flannery, a member of the Redemptorist Congregation, complained about the lack of support he had received and of the lack of process around his case at the Vatican, where the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith silenced him in 2012 for questioning whether Jesus founded the priesthood. He has also been criticised for his liberal views on women priests and homosexuality.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/irish.priest.criticises.unjust.and.abusive.church/76236.htm
Fr Flannery, a member of the Redemptorist Congregation, complained about the lack of support he had received and of the lack of process around his case at the Vatican, where the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith silenced him in 2012 for questioning whether Jesus founded the priesthood. He has also been criticised for his liberal views on women priests and homosexuality.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/irish.priest.criticises.unjust.and.abusive.church/76236.htm
