Priests who have children must accept responsibilities: Irish bishops

August 21, 2017

The Catholic bishops of Ireland are calling upon priests who have fathered children to accept their parental responsibilities.

In new guidelines—which have not yet been officially been released, but were leaked to the Irish Times)—the bishops say that a priest who fathers a child must provide for that child, with the welfare of the child taking precedence.

 

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Further information:

• Irish bishops tell priests who father children to “face up” to responsibilities (Crux)