Shock as Irish priest praises Prime Minister's stand on allowing abortion in some circumstan​ces

A leading Irish priest has praised Prime Minister Enda Kenny for his stand on the abortion issue – at a time when church leaders have slammed the Fine Gael leader.

Connemara priest and author Fr Pádraig Standún made his comments at a book launch in Galway of Liam O’Flaherty’s The House of Gold, more than 80 years after it was banned by the Irish state.

Fr Standún publicly paid tribute to Kenny for his stance on the abortion legislation according to a report in theIrish Times.

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