‘We were never trained for celibacy’ – Dr Diarmuid Martin tells Joe Duffy he has met two women he could have imagined as his ‘life partner’
DUBLIN (IRELAND)
Independent [Dublin, Ireland]
September 2, 2023
By Sarah Mac Donald
Read original articleThe retired Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, has revealed that during his priestly ministry he met two people he could have imagined as “a life partner”, one of whom remains a friend and is in contact with him.
He said one of the women “lives a long way away” and she taught him how to use WhatsApp.
In the new series of The Meaning of Life, due to be broadcast on RTÉ One tomorrow evening, Dr Martin told Joe Duffy: “I would have met one, two people that I certainly could have become a life partner to.”
Discussing celibacy and priesthood, the 78-year-old said: “So you had to decide, what do you want to do with your life? Where do you want to go? Falling in love may happen but you don’t want to do it just to satisfy yourself.”
He explained that he was 17 when he joined…
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