Teachings on sin changing? Irish priest disagrees

Terry Mattingly

For centuries, Irish Catholics have heard priests deliver sermons about sin, hell, repentance, grace and heaven.

Times have changed, and an 80-year-old priest in County Kerry didn’t get the memo.

“How will people know that God wants to forgive them if we don’t tell them?” said Father Sean Sheehy, preaching as a substitute priest at St. Mary’s Church, Listowel. “How will people who are…