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LEICESTER, United Kingdom – An Irish priest banned from public ministry for the past eight years due to his theological views says the Vatican “may well have done me a favor.”
Redemptorist Father Tony Flannery was forbidden from publicly celebrating the sacraments by the Vatican’s Congregation from the Doctrine of the Faith in 2012 for denying several doctrines of the Catholic Church, including the sacramental priesthood and the founding of the Catholic Church by Jesus Christ.
On Sept. 16, Flannery announced on his personal blog that he refused a Vatican request made in July to sign a statement of faith in order to return to ministry.
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Irish priest says Vatican did him 'a favor' by banning him from public ministry
Redemptorist Father Tony Flannery was forbidden from publicly celebrating the sacraments by the Vatican’s Congregation from the Doctrine of the Faith in 2012 for denying several doctrines of the Catholic Church, including the sacramental priesthood and the founding of the Catholic Church by Jesus Christ.
On Sept. 16, Flannery announced on his personal blog that he refused a Vatican request made in July to sign a statement of faith in order to return to ministry.
Continued below.
Irish priest says Vatican did him 'a favor' by banning him from public ministry
