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Tue 02 Feb 2010Irish attempts to grapple with abuse frustrated by Rome
ANALYSIS:Criticism of the Irish bishops this week should not deflect attention from the role of the Vatican in the clerical abuse scandal, writes
PATSY McGARRY,Religious Affairs Correspondent, in Rome
IT CAN only be hoped that today’s discussions in Rome on what Cardinal Claudio Hummes has memorably described as “the painful Irish happenings” will reflect on the role not just of the Irish bishops but also of the Vatican itself.
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