Serious questions over Maynooth seminary’s future
Analysis: ‘Goings on’ concern alleged gay activity, claim of lax theological formation
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will send seminarians from his archdiocese to Rome instead of Maynooth. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
The decision by Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin to send seminarians from his archdiocese to Rome instead of Maynooth has very serious implications for the future of Ireland’s national seminary.
More immediately, it poses a very serious question for the remaining three of Ireland’s four Catholic Archbishops and those 13 other bishops who are also trustees at St Patrick’s College Maynooth.