Spiritual basis of celibacy ignored

THE feature article by Fr Brian D’Arcy on priestly celibacy (Irish Examiner, January 27) was one of the most disingenuous I have ever read on that topic.

Mon, 06 Feb, 2006 - 00:00

He dismisses the Fr Dillane case with an airy “rules and regulations had been broken.”

Fr Dillane broke his priestly vows over a period of 10 years with a woman young enough to be his granddaughter.

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