Tony Flannery

It may not be something that one would wish for oneself or anyone else, but eleven years dealing with the Congregation (now Dicastery) for the Doctrine of the Faith has been for me a substantial experience of both learning and change, with a fair degree of trauma thrown in. It all began in the month of February 2012, when I received a phone call from the Superior General of the Redemptorists telling me that I was under investigation by the CDF, and that I was in serious trouble.

Time to reinstate Fr Tony Flannery

COLUMNS 12 JANUARY 2023

DE FACTO

JUSTICE NEEDED Fr Flannery was removed from public ministry eleven years ago because of his writings on women’s ordination, the Eucharist and teachings on sexuality.

De Facto
Liamy MacNall

It is time to reinstate Redemptorist Tony Flannery as a priest in good standing.
Fr Flannery was removed from public ministry eleven years ago by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), as were others over the years, because of his writings on women’s ordination, the Eucharist and teachings on sexuality.

I have been impressed by the way Archbishop Eamonn Martin has handled the Synodal Process in Ireland. He has shown an openness, a willingness to listen and to take on board the views of the people that has been impressive. The document that went from the Irish Church to the Vatican is testament to that. It contains most of the issues that we in the reform movement have been campaigning for.