The treatment of the Redemptorist "is scandalous to most Catholics in Ireland" and "destroys people’s faith and confidence", according to Fr Roy Donovan of the Association of Catholic Priests.

Some of those involved in his “withdrawal” have been “shown up to be a lot less white than they presented themselves, and some of them have become more oppositional, even ‘heretical’, than I or my censored colleagues in the Irish Church ever were”.

Censured Redemptorist priest Fr Tony Flannery to deliver lecture at Edinburgh University on ‘Celibacy, sexuality and the crisis in the priesthood’.

Public discourse and the media in Ireland have become “coarse” in recent years warns Fr Tony Flannery.

The visit of Pope Francis to Ireland next year is an opportunity for members of the Irish hierarchy to reach out to those who think differently – Fr Tony Flannery.

“To everyone in Ireland I just want to say a massive ‘thank you’ for the way you received and welcomed me in these years. You made me feel that I was at home” – Archbishop Brown.

I have an “obligation to the people who work with me and to the truth to clarify these things” church leader explains.

“The problem in Ireland is clustering of parishes, leading to added pressure on aging priests, and formation of bigger, more impersonal, units.”

The policy of the Diocese of Cloyne is that a priest who is out of ministry, for whatever reason, cannot exercise a public ministry: Bishop William Crean.

High profile broadcaster described Vatican's treatment of Fr Tony Flannery as an "outrageous injustice".

Forty representatives from around the world include Austrian couple excommunicated for holding private Masses without a priest.

“There is no group that is more influential in the process than priests. They are even more influential than bishops."

New Redemptorist leadership in Ireland agrees to meet silenced priest in February.

ACP's Fr Brendan Hoban warns, it is “now mathematically certain that Irish priests are an endangered species."

The CDF has never communicated directly with Fr Flannery or afforded him an opportunity to explain his position, ACP leadership tell Pontiff.

Current stalemate between priest and Church authorities symptomatic of ‘web of obsessions and procedures’.

Exclusion of elderly priests from ministry because of a 'mistake' in earlier life questioned.

“The days of fear, of secrecy, of oppression are happily in the past."

Former president draws comparisons between the Church's view of homosexuality and its past attitude towards the Jews.

Retired Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith claims Fr Flannery guilty of heresy.

Study carried out by a legal expert.

“What I read of the way he’s been treated makes me ashamed of the actions of those representing my Church.”