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New Dean has RC background
by Gregg Ryan, Ireland Correspondent
 Benefit of clergy: the Ven. Dermot Dunne with his wife, Celia, at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
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| A FORMER Roman Catholic priest is to be the next Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. The Ven. Dermot Dunne, who is currently Archdeacon of Ferns, succeeds the late Very Revd Desmond Harman, who died in December. At a press conference on Monday, Archdeacon Dunne said that, although he had served for many joyful years in the Roman Catholic Church after his ordination in 1984, he realised over time that he did not share his Church’s views on human sexuality, celibacy, or the ordination of women. “I could see the Church was going one way and I was going another,” he said. “I couldn’t preach what I didn’t believe myself.” He had decided to leave the RC Church when, while on a psychotherapy training course in 1995, he met Celia Burl. They married in the C of E the following year. He was licensed in 1998. Archdeacon Dunne said that he retained a great love for the Church of his youth, and his move was a very personal one. “It’s the same Christian spirituality. It’s just that I have chosen a different expression of it.” Welcoming the Dean-elect, the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr John Neill spoke of his “special gifts and deep spirituality. He is a wise pastor, and very much a man of God.” Archdeacon Dunne will be installed in May. |
