The Church of Ireland Dean of Waterford, Reverend Maria Jansson concluded her 'Rite and Reason' column in The Irish Times on Tuesday with this paragraph:
Leadership has not come and will not come from a moribund clerical caste; it will come from the people who want community, who reclaim their voice, who know the connection between faith and real life, who have found the spiritual strength in the pandemic to prevail and who now must step up to the bar and start rebuilding. Exciting times ahead.
That paragraph certainly does not exclusively apply to the Church of Ireland. No doubt it applies to many church denominations.
It certainly applies to the Catholic Church, within dioceses and religious congregations.
What happens for instance when a provincial goes missing, what happens if a parish priest flouts diocesan guidelines, Canon Law and State regulations?
Most likely nothing.
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