Catholic priest and social justice campaigner Father Bob Maguire is being remembered by family, fellow activists, politicians and people from all walks of life as a friend of the poor and downtrodden.
abc.net.au/news/father-bob-maguire-tributes-after-death-at-88/102241852Catholic priest and social justice campaigner Father Bob Maguire has been remembered by family, fellow activists, politicians and people from all walks of life as a friend of the poor and downtrodden.His family described him as a "dear and much loved member of our family" who will be "sorely missed for his energy and good humour".
Maguire was parish priest of Sts Peter and Paul's Catholic Church in South Melbourne for close to 40 years from 1973 — leaving only after a clash with Catholic Church hierarchy over its mandate that priests retire at 75. "Recent months have been a struggle for Bob in both health and relationships. We pray that he is now at peace with his Saviour and Lord."
"Early on you realised that you had the sense you had to give back to the community, not because Bob put it over your head that that's what you had to do, you just realised. "He attracted all manner of outcasts, not all pleasant, but he was open-hearted to those people too. I asked him how did this [sic], and he said 'You don't have to like people to love them'," Safran said in an Instagram post.
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