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Correspondence recently liberated from the office of Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern reveals that the Church of Scientology got into a snit because they weren’t invited to official church-state talks last year. The Irish PM invited Catholic, Anglican, Jewish, and Muslim leaders to an inter-faith dialogue.
According to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, its [Church of Scientology’s] Irish representative Gerard Ryan, wrote a letter of protest to Mr Ahern asking whether this had been a "pointed snub"."Perhaps this was simply an error of omission, and if so, I apologise for any inference I may have inadvertently made.
"However, if our church was deliberately not invited I would greatly appreciate if you would tell me why," he wrote.
A spokesman for Mr Ahern wrote back in March last year to say that the letter would be brought to his attention — but there was no further communication with the church.
No word on whether Methodists or Baptists sent letters reminding Mr Ahern of their existence.
h/t: Religion News Blog
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