Catholics stage silent vigil in protest over silenced priests

More than 200 Catholics staged a silent vigil outside the Papal Nunciature in Dublin in protest at the Vatican’s silencing of several Irish priests.

The large crowd, who braved icy conditions outside the Vatican’s embassy on the Navan Road also expressed their support for priests like Fr Brian D’Arcy as well as others who have not yet been publicly identified as being censured by Rome.

Many of the protesters, largely elderly people, wore symbolic gags over the mouths in the yellow and white colours of the Vatican during the hour-long demonstration.