Sir, - The Bishop Roderick Wright affair is a tragedy for everybody. And you are to be congratulated on your discreet and restrained coverage. One thing worries me, however, about the whole thing.
Leaving aside the inevitable arguments about clerical celibacy and chastity, there remains the basic matter of unprofessional conduct. A doctor committing an affair - to say nothing of fathering a child - with one of his patients would be disbarred. Are the clergy exempt from this professional requirement? - Yours, etc.,
The Very Rev.
Greystones,
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Co Wicklow.