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Madam, – I refer to the piece by David Rice (“Heroic priests deserve not to be left alone at the altar”, Opinion August 3lst). I was deeply moved by this piece and felt impelled to respond. As a retired priest and bishop of another Communion (Anglican) I was loathe to comment on the current situation within the Roman Catholic Church as it might be interpreted at best as meddling in the affairs of another church and at worst to be seen as patronising in tone.