Priest hits out at parents who choose nonbelievers as Godparents

"Barefaced lying in the face of God” should not be tolerated by the Catholic community according to a Cork priest.

Priest hits out at parents who choose nonbelievers as Godparents

"Barefaced lying in the face of God” should not be tolerated by the Catholic community according to a Cork city priest.

Gurranabraher Parish Priest Fr Tomás Walsh has denounced parents who are selecting nonbelievers as Godparents to their children as well as couples who choose to get married in a church simply because it is a nice building.

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