It is with reluctance that I write but you recently reported a canonical process which Bishop John Cunningham is pursuing against me (“Parish boycotts Mass after dismissal of whistleblower priest”, News from Britain and Ireland, 14 September). In that report, a quote from an anonymous church spokes- man I felt discredited me. The bishop also issued a statement to the Catholic press, criticising me. I feel compelled to protest at the bishop urging silence, yet simultaneously using the media as a platform for comment. I cannot allow his assertion that my conduct was improper to go unchallenged. As my canon lawyer has pointed out to Bishop Cunningham, there is nothing in canon law which prevents me from telling people why I was removed from my ministry. The bishop has already ma