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Tue 06 Jun 2010Bishops welcome plans for Vatican investigation of abuse
IRELAND’S CATHOLIC bishops have welcomed the announcement by the Vatican yesterday that its investigation into clerical sexual abuse in Ireland will begin next autumn. They have promised full co-operation with it.
Following a meeting of its standing committee in Maynooth yesterday a statement on behalf of the Irish Bishops Conference said the apostolic visitation was “one more important step on the path to healing, reparation and renewal in the church in Ireland”.
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