I well remember 1969 - "shipmates" from Northern Ireland were allowed to grow their hair longer before going home on leave,so as not to stand out so much. And "Irish Rebel Songs" were off the repertoire ,for obvious reasons,and not just as a matter of good taste ; a shame,really,as our Master-At-Arms,Paddy Calnan, from The Republic, was rather partial to them. Let us hope that those days do not return.....As to the RC priest in question, well ; I imagine that if there really IS a God & a Heaven, then Father Chesney will have discovered by now that there really is a Satan & a Hades also.