Bishop Resigns: Because He Did not Uphold Unforgiveness Beyond the Grave
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His crime: As he was supposed to do as a diocesan bishop – and as Jesus Christ, the incarneted Mercy of God, would have done - he officated in 2002 at the funeral of Father Malachy Finnegan who had been accused but never prosecuted for sexual abuse.
Finnegan is described as a “paedophile priest” although the Irish Times called him in March 17 “gay”.
The resignation of Bishop McAreavey is a sign that the New Church now expects her priests and bishops to cultivate hatred and unforgiveness beyond the grave.
Picture: John McAreavey, #newsFetssjshuo