“Police State”: Irish Priests Threatened With Jail
Father Patrick Hughes was told by police in Mullahoran, Ireland, that he could be prosecuted because he didn't turn away people from Sunday Mass. In Ireland, public masses are forbidden since October,…More
Father Patrick Hughes was told by police in Mullahoran, Ireland, that he could be prosecuted because he didn't turn away people from Sunday Mass.
In Ireland, public masses are forbidden since October, and contraventions punished with up to €2,500 and/or six months imprisonment. Hughes was betrayed by a local snitch.
He told AngloCelt.ie (November 18) that he continues to say Mass "because it's our constitutional right to practise our religion.”
The priest still refuses to chase the faithful away but doesn't want to be prosecuted. Therefore, he will celebrate Mass at different hours which makes it harder for the people to participate.
His conclusion: “We’re gone to a police state.” Hughes is not the only victim. Last Sunday, police appeared in other Irish parishes telling the priests that they would “apply the full rigours of the law” against them.
Picture: © Mazur, CC BY-NC-SA, #newsHetukfwoid
In Ireland, public masses are forbidden since October, and contraventions punished with up to €2,500 and/or six months imprisonment. Hughes was betrayed by a local snitch.
He told AngloCelt.ie (November 18) that he continues to say Mass "because it's our constitutional right to practise our religion.”
The priest still refuses to chase the faithful away but doesn't want to be prosecuted. Therefore, he will celebrate Mass at different hours which makes it harder for the people to participate.
His conclusion: “We’re gone to a police state.” Hughes is not the only victim. Last Sunday, police appeared in other Irish parishes telling the priests that they would “apply the full rigours of the law” against them.
Picture: © Mazur, CC BY-NC-SA, #newsHetukfwoid
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alfred dunn
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The Irish have lost the faith so another "faith" took over.
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Blessed and fortunate priests, who were called for this time and are called to give their life up for their flock. "If you love Me, feed my sheep."
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"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you."
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