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Sat 11 Nov 2009When Fathers are daddies
WHEN FR SEÁN McKenna told his parishioners in Derry this week that he was stepping down to pursue “a loving, beautiful and life-giving relationship” in his private life, his parishioners gave him a standing ovation. He didn’t want to live a double life any longer and they understood, writes KATE HOLMQUIST
Later in the week Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said so few young men were joining the priesthood that Dublin’s 199 parishes can no longer be assured of a full-time priest.
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