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[email protected] >> Want free Lepanto email bulletins? Send your email address to the Editor! << Dismissal in Toowoomba - Tim Pemble-Smith If there was a single act which upset people most, it was whether or not from lack of procedural fairness and/or lack of the way Bishop Morris had, early in his time as bishop, shut transparency, and lack of a process to appeal the decision. down The Shrine in downtown Toowoomba. The Shrine had To date, nobody - whether the Pope, Bishop Morris always been heavily patronised, particularly by the elderly and himself, or his supporters - has chosen to reveal more than working Catholics of Toowoomba who would, seven days a general information relating to the dismissal decision and the week, come in numbers to mass, confession and Eucharistic related decision making process. Bishop Morris’ supporters, adoration. The Shrine was a powerhouse of worship, prayer however, have released some relevant information. Key and Catholic identity - not the sort of documents include Bishop Morris’ place any kind of Catholic bishop dismissal announcement / farewell could simply shut down. Years later, letter, a seven page summary history part of The Shrine was re-opened by of Morris’ dispute with the Roman Bishop Morris for adoration, although Dicasteries prepared by Toowoomba not as a place for regular mass and priests Fr Peter Schultz and Fr Peter confession. Despite the partial Dorfield and a “Reflection” paper reactivation of The Shrine, Bishop signed by Fr Peter Dorfield on behalf Morris’ credibility never really of a number of fellow priests.