Qld: Brisbane priest sacked in dispute with church officials

AAP General News (Australia)
02-08-2009
Qld: Brisbane priest sacked in dispute with church officials

By Jessica Marszalek

BRISBANE, Feb 8 AAP - A Brisbane Catholic priest has been sacked following a long-running
dispute with the Vatican over his controversial practices.

Father Peter Kennedy, from St Mary's Parish in South Brisbane, was notified of his
termination by Archbishop of Brisbane John Bathersby in a letter dated Friday.

It followed an ultimatum to the church last August in which the archbishop called the
700-strong parish "an authority to itself" and threatened to close it.

At the church, unorthodox masses are …