You may remember last year the story in relation to the priest caught on
Gaydar posing in just his y-fronts and crucifix....well Fr Hogan who
was originally based in Feakle, east Clare when this all happened has
vowed to return to the pulpit.
Since receiving treatment in the
USA, he has returned home to Puckane in County Tipperary before
Christmas and said to be in form for returning to clerical duties.
However,
despite all the community support last year, the now resident priest in
Feakle, Fr James O'Brien, has said 'Fr Michael has returned from the US
and he seems to be doing very well. He still very much wants to be a
priest, but he will not be coming back here. He was told to take 12
months out and, it seems, he will soon be ready to be placed back into a
parish, which could be anywhere in Ireland. He will not be a
fully-fledged parish priest but will most probably be returning as an
assistant so that he can be given time to readjust. He has not wanted to
attract attention to himself. He was at a very low point when
everything was revealed.'
Read into that what you wish but
generally it means that as a punishment for making the RC hierarchy
aware of such an issue Fr Hogan is never going to be allowed to forget
it either and indeed the Hierarchy has not learned either from previous
mistakes of moving clergy to other parishes and dioceses....
...and
we wonder why we have the Church we do...ah sure perhaps Bishop Wishy
Washy just does not want the bother of it all down there and he due for
retirement and again considering his recent history one does have to
wonder about his abilities altogether...
