On Monday, November 1, The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) unexpectedly issued a statement outlining eleven complaints they had surrounding the treatment of priests in Ireland, including those who are gay.
The group, which represents a third of Catholic priests across the country, says that some bishops and archbishops are failing “to live up to their responsibility […] which is to be shepherds to their priests as well as to their people.”The ACP confirmed that they have received an increased number of complaints as of late, the majority of which being aimed at the same small number of bishops and archbishops.