Senator Rónán Mullen asked to apologise to Fr Tony Flannery 

Association of Catholic Priests accuses Mullen of ‘a gratuitous and ill-informed attack’ 

Speaking of Fr Tony Flannery (pictured) Senator Rónán Mullen said “I don’t sympathise with a view that a priest can have whatever theological views they want and expect to continue on in their job”. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

A few days ago Ronan Mullen launched quite an extraordinary, and very personal, attack on me on the Moncrief Show on Newstalk. Brendan Hoban took up the points he made and answered them effectively on the ACP website, so I don’t need to go into them here.
I didn’t happen to be listening to Moncrief on that particular day, but the incident was brought to my attention and I played it back that evening.

A couple of months ago the leadership of the ACP wrote a number of letters to Church authorities on my behalf.  They have now published these letters, and the replies they have received, on the ACP website.  This is the link:

http://www.associationofcatholicpriests.ie/2014/12/acp-in-correspondence-with-pope-francis-cardinal-gerhard-ludwig-muller-congregation-for-the-doctrine-of-the-faith-and-archbishop-eamon-martin-to-express-the-concern-of-our-association-for-the-plight/