Bishop Kevin Doran is one of the raft of new bishops that have been chosen by Charles Brown, the Papal Nuncio, with even less consultation than used to happen in the past. He was landed from Dublin into Elphin, and the one thing we can be sure of is that he was not the choice of the priests, or of whatever small number of lay people who may have been asked for their opinion.

And what exactly does he mean by the last question and answer?  Strange, to say the least!

‘No obstacle’ to gays marrying, just not each other, says bishop

Yes side ‘not actually looking for marriage equality’ says Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran 

The Catholic Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran has said: “Part of the challenge for us as a society, of course, is that we (and that includes many practising Catholics) have to a greater or lesser extent given up on the idea that sexual intercourse and an openness to procreation are essentially linked.

Francis Farragher has written a lovely piece about me in the current (Feb28th) issue of the Connact Tribune.  About half of the article is in the internet version.  For the rest you would have to buy the paper!

http://connachttribune.ie/a-man-who-brings-us-back-to-the-basic-tenets-of-faith-555/