‘No change’ in ministry ban for rebel cleric

The Association of Catholic Priests elected three new leading spokesmen yesterday as rebel priest Fr Tony Flannery admitted there had been “no change” on his ban on ministry.

Fr Flannery, an outspoken member of the ACP since its foundation three years ago, has been banned by the Vatican from ministry since spring last year.

Yesterday he said that while Pope Francis had changed some things since taking over, senior Church personnel instrumental in his ban from ministry had been re-appointed.