Fr Brian D’Arcy latest priest to be censured by Vatican - National News - Independent.ie

understood the action by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) means the Co Fermanagh priest, regarded as liberal within the Catholic church, must now submit his writings and broadcasts to an official censor.
The 67-year-old member of the Passionist Order has spoken out against mandatory celibacy for priests and has been a fierce critic of the church's handling of child abuse scandals in Ireland.
A number of Irish clerics have recently been disciplined by the church for expressing liberal views.
Father Tony Flannery was forced to stop writing for a Redemptorist magazine
Fr Flannery, a founder of the association, had his monthly column with the religious publication Reality pulled on orders from Rome.
A second priest, Father Gerard Moloney, the magazine's editor, was ordered to stop writing on certain issues.
Meanwhile, in a Holy Thursday homily at St Peter's Basilica in Rome earlier this month, Pope Benedict XVI warned that the church would not tolerate priests speaking out against Catholic teaching.
Last night Fr D'Arcy said he "disappointed" there was not better respect for freedom of speech.
"Nobody wants to be censured by their own organisation," he added.

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