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Tue 02 Feb 2010Decision of papal nuncio not to attend Dáil committee 'scandalous'
THE PAPAL nuncio has declined an invitation to address the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee, a decision described as “scandalous” by Fine Gael’s spokesperson on children Alan Shatter.
Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza was invited to appear before the committee following calls for his expulsion after the Murphy commission revealed that the papal nuncio had refused to co-operate with its inquiry into clerical abuse in the Dublin diocese.
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