The residence of the Papal Nuncio in Dublin is to be picketed today, in protest against the Catholic Church's treatment of well-known Irish missionary Fr. Tony Flannery.

Last week Fr. Flannery revealed how he had been censored by the Vatican for his views on homosexuality and women priests, and called the Vatican's systems "unfair and unjust."

The protest has been organised by the group 'We Are Church Ireland'.

Members say ordinary people have to stand up for good and honest members of the Church.

Their spokesman Brendan Butler explains how the Vatican deals with unruly priests: