Damaging role

WHILE Diarmaid Ferriters’s assessment of Fr Michael Cleary (Sept 6) as being “always a fraud” may be a bit harsh, he was nonetheless the self-appointed celebrity face of the Catholic Church.

Damaging role
Tue, 11 Sep, 2007 - 01:00
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It was because he played this role so well that he did so much damage to the church’s credibility.

Anthony Leavy

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