Press Release - from Dr. Roman Siebenrock (Internationale Deutsche Newman Gesellschaft)
14 September 2010
As president of the German International Newman Society, founded by Günter Biemer (Freiburg), and in the name of a lot of members of our Society, I must express my and our deep anxiety about the situation of Father Dermot. I met Father Dermot at a Newman-Conference at Milano last year and I was deeply impressed by his personality. He invited me and my son in April to come to the Oratory while we stay for the beatification of Cardinal Newman. And now this! I want to express our solidarity with Father Dermot and ask the responsible persons to change this very strange and dolorous situation of this respectable priest.
Sincerely
Roman Siebenrock
3 Oratorians were ordered to "spend time in prayer" at 3 separate monasteries hundreds of miles apart and indefinitely. Of the 3, Fr. Dermot Fenlon (described by the Oratory's own spokesman as "entireley guiltless of any wrong doing whatsoever") remains silenced and in exile. This blog is an archive of publications about the scandal at Newman's Oratory. It aims to bring out the facts, of the great injustice suffered by the 3, particularly the cruel treatment of Fr. Dermot Fenlon.
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Support from the German International Newman Society
Labels:
Birmingham Oratory,
Cardinal John Henry Newman,
Fr Dermot Fenlon,
German International Newman Society,
Roman Siebenrock