Laicisation of Catholic priest in Tipperary causes disappointment and anger in parish
Fr Richard Geoghegan, who appeared in drag on a television programme in 2017, announced on Twitter that he had been "dismissed by Rome" in early January
Coronavirus: Donations to Catholic Church down 80%
Priests agree 25% drop in personal income and voluntary redundancy scheme in place
Catholic priests warn against any rush to reopen churches
Bishops are meeting this week to finalise plans
Irish weddings in flux as number of Catholic ceremonies declines
Older marriage ages and rise of secular events mirror trends abroad, expert says
Lay people should be involved in decisions on priest shortages, says ACP
Comments come after Co Kerry parish left without resident priest for the first time
Priests given wallet-size help cards for handling abuse claims
Bishops accused of ignoring church guidelines and denying priests’ rights
Priests turn to suicide as workload and isolation increase
As many as eight Irish priests have died by suicide over the past decade
Falsely accused of child sex abuse: ordeal of innocent priests
‘I understand why people, including clergy, take their own lives in situations like that’
Priest wrongly accused of abuse calls Catholic Church to account
Fr Tim Hazelwood asks why church authorities give weight to anonymous allegations
Call for proper Church structures for priests falsely accused of child sex abuse
Fr Hazelwood says Church presumes priests are guilty until they prove their innocence
Falsely accused priest felt ‘cut loose’ by Cloyne diocese
Church ‘hung me out to dry and left me feeling very alone’, says Fr Tim Hazelwood
Rome’s treatment of censured Irish priests a ‘great scandal’
Catholic bishops urged to develop more just and respectful process for dealing with cases
Priests seek national synod to tackle Catholic vocations ‘crisis’
Association of Catholic Priests says members are subjected to ‘huge mental and physical pressure’
Irish vote could mean rapid, seismic shift on gay rights
Days when society appeared in thrall to Vatican have given way to secularist pluralism
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