Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: Catholic Church Needs A 'Reality Check'

Dublin's Archbishop: Catholic Church Needs A 'Reality Check'
Dublin archbishop Diarmuid Martin attends a press conference, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 10, 2012. The archbishop of Dublin, a leading voice for reform following Ireland's devastating church sex abuse scandal, says the church is trying to rebuild even as it confronts the ghosts of its past. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin told a Vatican briefing Thursday he hoped an upcoming church congress in Dublin would show the world that the Irish church is "alive and vital and anxious to set out on a path of renewal." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Dublin archbishop Diarmuid Martin attends a press conference, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 10, 2012. The archbishop of Dublin, a leading voice for reform following Ireland's devastating church sex abuse scandal, says the church is trying to rebuild even as it confronts the ghosts of its past. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin told a Vatican briefing Thursday he hoped an upcoming church congress in Dublin would show the world that the Irish church is "alive and vital and anxious to set out on a path of renewal." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Catholic Church needs “a reality check” in the wake of the same-sex marriage referendum and needs to ask if it has drifted away from young people, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said.

“I think really that the church needs to do a reality check, a reality check right across the board, to look at the things it’s doing well, to look at the areas where we really have to start and say, ‘Look, have we drifted away completely from young people?’ ” he told RTÉ News.

He said the referendum result was “an overwhelming vote in one direction” and he appreciated how gay men and lesbian women felt after the endorsement of same-sex marriage - “that they feel this is something which is enriching the way they live”, he said.

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