Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin has said that there is a 'crying need' for hope and atonement in the face of revelations about abuse in the Catholic Church, amid new allegations concerning Blackrock College in Dublin
Image: RollingNews.ie ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH Eamon Martin has said that there is a “crying need” for hope and atonement in the face of revelations about abuse in the Catholic Church.
It comes after an RTÉ radio documentary which broadcast allegations of abuse relating to the Spiritans order in Blackrock College in Dublin. Church wise, so much has changed in this last 35 years. I could never have imagined, leaving Maynooth, 35 years ago, the seismic changes that were to take place – the significant decline in regular sacramental practice, the fall-off in vocations to the priesthood and religious life, the shocking revelations of abuse in the Church.
Martin, who is Chancellor of Saint Patrick’s Pontifical University in Maynooth, told the graduates that “there are clear calls for greater transparency and participation in decision making and for more accountability within our parish and diocesan church structures.” There is, he said, “a call to discover fresh models of responsibility and leadership in the Church which will facilitate the role of women, as well as men, and help reach out to those who in recent decades have left the Church, or who feel excluded, forgotten or ignored.
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