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Sat 12 Dec 2009Pressure mounts on Galway bishop
The last of the five bishops named in the damning Murphy report into the handling of child abuse complaints in the Dublin Archdiocese, the current Bishop of Galway Martin Drennan, is coming under increased pressure to step down.
Late on Christmas Eve Dublin's remaining two auxiliary bishops also named in the report - Bishop Éamonn Walsh and Bishop Raymond Field - announced that they would step aside , bringing to four the number of bishops who have stepped down over the report.
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