Eric Hodgens. Fr Tony (Dutchy) Guelen, who died 25 October 2017, was Holland’s loss but Melbourne’s gain. A young Dutch immigrant, he did his seminary studies at Corpus Christi College, spent 14 years as a curate then 38 years as PP of two outer, developing parishes. He was a likeable person, a caring pastor, a […]
Peter Day, Canberra priest, asks how effective church leaders’ statements about sexuality are in the current climate and culture.
Terry Duff is a solicitor and practises in central west NSW. He holds degrees in both law and theology. Married for 26 years, Terry has been a widower for four years. He looks at the issues surrounding the changes in the Marriage act and how they might be addressed. This article was submitted before the […]
Eric Hodgens, Melbourne pastor emeritus, writes on the way the influence of bishops in church governance militates against a collaborative inclusive church.
Kieran Tapsell is a retired civil lawyer and the author of Potiphar’s Wife: The Vatican’s Secret and Child Sexual Abuse and of a submission to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Canon Law, A Systemic Factor in Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church. He was also a member of the Canon […]
