THOUGHT FOR TODAY
DOWN & CONNOR CHANCELLOR NOT TO BE PROSECUTED
Christ Has No Body
Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are his body.
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are his body.
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
St Teresa of Avila
DOWN & CONNOR CHANCELLOR NOT TO BE PROSECUTED
The Chancellor of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Down & Connor (Belfast) is not to be prosecuted by
the PSNI (Police Service for Northern Ireland) after a police investigation
lasting over a year.
The Diocese of Down
& Connor will now conduct its own internal Church investigation into
allegations against Father John McManus.
Father McManus is a
former teacher and school principal who was ordained as a “late vocation”. He
served in a number of parishes in Down & Connor. He was also diocesan press
officer, seminary rector and eventually diocesan chancellor. In his absence the
post of chancellor (ad interim) has been held by the singing priest Father
Eugene O’Hagan.
Thankfully I have had
very little direct dealings with Father McManus and in fact have never met him.
In my opinion he is not a very nice man.
When he was the
seminary director in Belfast I received bad reports about his general attitude
from the seminarians who were under his supervision.
I am also very unhappy
about Father McManus’ role at the edges of the management of the recent case of the parish priest
of Bangor in County Down – Father James Donaghy
– who has been sent to prison for sexually abusing young males in Northern Ireland – including Father Patrick McCafferty
a Down & Connor priest who now works in Rathmines parish in Dublin.
– who has been sent to prison for sexually abusing young males in Northern Ireland – including Father Patrick McCafferty
a Down & Connor priest who now works in Rathmines parish in Dublin.
Father McManus is a “company
man”. I’m sure there are still plenty in Roman Catholic organisation who will look after him as best they can.
Ideally people should
be able to find Christ in a priest. Having looked very hard I find it hard to
see Christ in John McManus.
Bishop Pat Buckley
28/6/2012
Bishop Pat Buckley
28/6/2012
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