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If this is the palaver for Plymouth I hate to think how the search for the next Archbishop of Westminster is going.

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Just promote Archbishop Wilson of Southwark!

The next Archbishop of Westminster will certainly be someone who holds a see already and therefore (one hopes, though perhaps foolishly) already vetted.

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There's an outstanding English Catholic leader whose talents are grievously underused, whose name is the same as the current incumbent of Westminster.

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Yes indeed. If two candidates for Plymouth have had their installations blocked due to, er, something unspecified....the process reeks of a lack of natural justice. Not least for leaving a cloud hanging above the February candidate who is back on a parish.

Is it now the case that a candidate needs to be above the slightest accusation (bullying, bad temper, etc)? In which case no one will ever be appointed.

It will be even worse as time goes on and future priests and bishops need to consider if their old University indiscretions might still be out on Facebook.

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