Women take to the altar to help over-worked priests

WOMEN have started taking to the altar across Ireland to deliver holy services as stand-ins for over-worked priests.

Women take to the altar to help over-worked priests

Mass-goers in one parish in west Dublin were taken aback by the sight of women leading the congregation, with some traditional believers even walking out.

But the weekly service by two lay women in St Mochta’s Church, in Porterstown, has become increasingly popular.

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