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28 August 2016

Mary McAleese says Maynooth should be ‘gay-friendly’

Former president says church’s attitude to homosexuality is damaging to young gay men.
The current controversy about a gay culture at Maynooth is misplaced and the church authorities should be focusing on why so few young people are seeking to join the priesthood rather than seeking to make seminaries gay-unfriendly places, according to former president Mary McAleese.