http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2008/06/love-cheat-priest-joseph-creegan-sues.html">A MONSIGNOR sacked after having an affair has stunned the Catholic Church by bringing a landmark action against them - for unfair dismissal.
Joseph Creegan, whose married mistress confessed to their 18-year fling, has rocked the Vatican by seeking cash for lost wages through an employment tribunal.
Lawyers for the church are set to argue that Creegan did not work for them...but for God.
A senior priest and expert in canon law insisted last night: "His relationship is with God, he is a servant of God, not of the diocese or the bishop."
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Alan Draper, a Dundee University lecturer and former adviser to the Bishops Conference, said: "It really is shocking that the hierarchy are once again acting in this manner.
"Regardless of the morality of the man or what he is supposed to have done, he has been denied due process.
"If you or I were to be sacked, we would have access to due process and a fair hearing."
But one senior priest and legal expert insisted: "There is no employer/employee relationship.
"Once a priest is incardinated into a parish he is on his own. A priest can walk away, disappear any time he likes, there are no priest police to bring him back."
"It's a bit like an NHS GP. They work for themselves but they almost always get their living from the NHS. But the NHS does not employ them."
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