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Bishop Walsh – Murphy report misread

Bishop of Kilaloe Willie Walsh says calls for the Bishop of Limerick to resign his post are uncalled for and are a direct result of misinterpretation of the Murphy Report. By Staff Reporter - 30/11/09

Bishop Walsh – Murphy report misread

 

 

 

The report has found that there was a high level of clerical abuse and subsequent cover ups and pressure has mounted for Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray to resign after an inquiry into the handling of child abuse cases in the Dublin Archdiocese branded his failure to investigate a paedophile priest inexcusable.

 

Bishop Walsh said: “I do know that there has been gross misreading of the Dublin report in relation to Bishop Murray. There has been very serious misreading of that.

 

The Bishop said he was uncomfortable with the public trial ongoing in the media.
“I’d have to ask: is it about healing of survivors or is it about some sort of desire that we need to get a head on a plate?”
Amid calls for his resignation, Bishop Murray told parishioners in Limerick yesterday that he would be a guided by the priests and people of his diocese.
Defence Minister and Limerick TD Willie O’Dea said he was sure that Bishop Murray, who he knows personally, was examining his position and would take the appropriate action.

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