Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said he is "seriously concerned" that people are "underestimating the seriousness of the current situation" regarding a rise in coronavirus cases in Dublin.
He also said he was "worried about parishes taking initiatives to 'get First Communions and Confirmations done'" and added that there is "no urgent need to celebrate these sacraments just because they fit into the school calendar". "That is the reason why the public health authorities are stressing the urgent need to reduce the number of contacts that each one of us has in this period.
"The need to reduce contacts and the size of gatherings is also at the root of the norms that ask us to limit public worship and close Churches. "I understand the disappointment of families who had been ready for the celebration of First Communion and Confirmation and find them postponed. "The idea that sacramental acts have to be done quickly and can be done outside the normal liturgical situation is false.
I wish his organisation took serious the years and years of reports of clerical abuse and the mental health of those affected in their lives. Was given the deaf ear for decades.
Start with DavQuinn in the underestimating covid 19 brigade.