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07/05/2010
Pope Accepts Bishops' Retirements
The Vatican has decided to let two top Irish Catholic clergymen retire.
Pope Benedict accepted the resignations of the Bishop of Clogher, Joseph Duffy, and the Auxiliary Bishop of Derry, Francis Lagan.
Rome said that both men offered their resignations as required by the Vatican on turning 75 years of age.
However, the removal of the Bishop of Clogher may be seen as a reaction to the ongoing child abuse scandal that has rocked the church across the whole of Ireland.
In March, Bishop Duffy admitted he knew of abuse allegations against a priest in his diocese in 1989, six years before the cleric was in court.
Bishop Joseph Duffy was told Enniskillen priest Fr John McCabe had abused a young boy in his car.
However, a diocesean spokesman said that Bishop Duffy was "bound to secrecy by the victim's parents".
In 1995, McCabe, who had then left the priesthood, was jailed for 20 months for abusing the boy between 1979 and 1985.
In their defence, the spokesman also said that because of the protocols in place such a situation would "not happen now" and the bishop has said he regrets the matter was not dealt with "in a speedier manner".
The Right Reverend Liam Sean MacDaid is to be the new Bishop of Clogher.
(BMcC/GK)
Pope Benedict accepted the resignations of the Bishop of Clogher, Joseph Duffy, and the Auxiliary Bishop of Derry, Francis Lagan.
Rome said that both men offered their resignations as required by the Vatican on turning 75 years of age.
However, the removal of the Bishop of Clogher may be seen as a reaction to the ongoing child abuse scandal that has rocked the church across the whole of Ireland.
In March, Bishop Duffy admitted he knew of abuse allegations against a priest in his diocese in 1989, six years before the cleric was in court.
Bishop Joseph Duffy was told Enniskillen priest Fr John McCabe had abused a young boy in his car.
However, a diocesean spokesman said that Bishop Duffy was "bound to secrecy by the victim's parents".
In 1995, McCabe, who had then left the priesthood, was jailed for 20 months for abusing the boy between 1979 and 1985.
In their defence, the spokesman also said that because of the protocols in place such a situation would "not happen now" and the bishop has said he regrets the matter was not dealt with "in a speedier manner".
The Right Reverend Liam Sean MacDaid is to be the new Bishop of Clogher.
(BMcC/GK)
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