Archbishop Diarmuid Martin says seminaries are ‘strange’ and 'closed' worlds

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has said seminaries can be “strange” and “closed” worlds.

He was talking yesterday following reports he will not be sending trainee priests to study at the national seminary in Maynooth this autumn.

His decision on trainee priests from Dublin came amid serious allegations about goings-on in the Co Kildare seminary.