The following Press Statement was released this (Saturday) evening, Nov. 19th by the leadership of the ACP relating to issues which we feel are important resulting from the completion of the case of Kevin Reynolds V RTE
Thu, 17/11/2011 – 22:28 The anti-Rome tendencies of some in the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) is not to my taste and I believe that Association would be more acceptable…
The Meeting of Western Region of the Association of Catholic Priests took place at the McWilliam Hotel, Claremorris, Co. Mayo on Wednesday 16 November 2011. Tony Flannery of the leadership…
A meeting of Clogher ACP took place in Clones on 26th October. Eight Priests attended, six sent their apologies.
At a meeting of the leadership team of the ACP on November 3rd we decided that we would initiate the process of organising an Assembly of the Irish Church. It…
Some thoughts on the AGM of the ACP 2011. The Proces by which bishops are appointed. I do not remember any discussion on this despite, I think, four dioceses being…
I wonder would any of our members be willing to share with us how you are faring with the New Missal. Are you using the full Missal yet, and if…
There will be a regional meeting of the ACP (for dioceses of Achonry, Elphin, Clonfert, Killala, Galway and Tuam) at 2.00pm on Wednesday,November 16th in the MacWilliam Hotel, Claremorris. All…
This article was first published in the Irish Catholic
A meeting of the Clonfert group of priests members of ACP was held in Gullane’s Hotel, Ballinasloe on Monday 24th. There were eighteen present – among them P.J. Madden from…
A small number of us priests who are out of ministry because of boundary issues realise that we can get through the sense of isolation and exclusion by being companions…
This is Paddy O’Kane’s account of the AGM, and of his own contribution. As you can see, he called on us to invite a bishop on to our leadership team.
Out of our 560 members, only four are from Derry diocese, so it is one of our weakest areas.
This article has already appeared in the IN&M Regionals, for whom Michael is a regular contributor.
The apology from RTÉ to Kevin Reynolds suggests some important questions, not just for RTÉ, but also for the Minister for Justice and for One in Four
While it is satisfying that RTE has apologized unreservedly to Fr. Kevin Reynolds, I cannot help believing that we have replaced the arrogance of the institutional church with that of…
The ACP wish to congratulate Kevin at having his name cleared. It is also of particular satisfaction to the Association because, when none of the Church authorites was willing to stand by him, our legal team took on his case, and pursued it successfully. We thank them for their great work on our and his behalf. Click here to read the actual apology.
Wilfred Harrington OP and Jim Stanley CSsR share their reflections
Kevin Hegarty speaks of ‘the two kinds of Catholic Churches in Ireland – the parish community where I work and find fulfilment and the institutional Church from which I often feel alienated’ in his address to the AGM on Tuesday 4 October
This is the text of Marie Keenan’s talk at the AGM. Members found it a very challenging talk, which questions many of the assumptions about child protection. Two that stand out for this editor are what she has to say about the National Board for Safeguarding Children, and the fact that bishops and religious superiors have now taken on the role of policing criminal activity, which she says should be reserved to the organs of the State.
Sean McDonagh presents the Minutes of the Business Meeting of the ACP that took place on Wed 5 Oct during the AGM
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