"While porn is supposed to be restricted to adults, our research shows a significant number of young people watch it too."

Proposals to limit New Zealander's access to online pornography could be on the table before the 2020 election. Read more

The group, several of whom wore yellow and white Vatican coloured gags handed a letter at the gates asking the Vatican to revoke these disciplinary measures and replace them by dialogue, reports the Irish Times.

"We are very, very angry, indeed shocked, at the way the priests have been treated, and we want to express solidarity with our silenced priests", said Brendan Butler, the group's spokesperson.

The protest came as it emerged late last week that yet another Irish priest, Fr Brian D'Arcy, has been censored by the Vatican.

D'Arcy, who writes for the Sunday World, where he has been a regular columnist since 1976, was censured by the Vatican in March 2011, for articles he wrote in 2010.

As part of his punishment, D'Arcy must now get prior approval to cover topics dealing with church doctrine.

It is also understood the Vatican complained about headlines on some of the articles, which would have been written by editorial staff at the Sunday World.

D'Arcy says he intends to continue to speak out on controversial matters, despite being rebuked by the Vatican.

In a strongly worded statement, he said he was "saddened and disappointed" by the reaction of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to some of his journalism, but it was the price he had to pay as someone "committed to the truth".

"I have continued to write and broadcast since the news of the Vatican's displeasure was filtered down to me in March 2011," said D'Arcy.

"I shall continue my ministry in communication because I believe that the church cherishes freedom of speech."

As a newspaper columnist and a broadcaster, Fr D'Arcy has been a vocal critic of church policy on clerical sex abuse, celibacy and contraception, however the Passionist priest told the Irish Times he never denied the legitimately defined doctrines of the Catholic religion and checked his facts as thoroughly as is humanly possible.

"I have been extraordinarily careful throughout my life to never, ever, ever contradict what is a defined doctrine of faith in the church and never even question it. That's the way I worked. I would be very careful, even to this day, not to talk about that."

Fr D'Arcy is the fifth Irish priest known to have been censured by the Vatican recently.

The others are: Redemptorist priests Fr Tony Flannery and Fr Gerard Moloney, Marist priest Fr Sean Fagan and Capuchin priest Fr Owen O'Sullivan.

Sources

• Vatican Insider
• Irish Times
• The Independent
• Irish Times
• Image: St Gabriel's Retreat

Sergeant Brock Davis said the tops would be sent to the department which would decide, after consulting with police, whether the owners of theImpuls'd store which sells them would be charged with any criminal offences.

In 2008 the Censor banned one of these T Shirts. In his judgement Bill Hastings said:
"The injury to the public good that is likely to be caused by the availability of this T-shirt originates from the manner in which it associates an aggressive and misogynistic meaning of the "harsh, brutal and generally unacceptable" word c### with Jesus Christ, and depicts an image of a chaste woman engaging in sexual activity. A fair interpretation of the messages conveyed by this T-shirt is that Christians should be vilified for their religious beliefs, and that women, including chaste and celibate women, cannot stop themselves engaging in sexual activity…" (OFLC No. 800513)

The censor also said the T shirt:

Source