Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »
Mon 01 Jan 2009Bishop Magee has lost the moral authority to remain in office
OPINION:The Bishop of Cloyne must take full responsibility for failing to implement safeguards agreed after the Ferns inquiry report
I RECENTLY spent an uncomfortable part of a weekend reading cover to cover the National Board for Safeguarding Children (NSBC) report, which makes for disturbing reading. The NSBC is an independent body set up by the Catholic bishops to audit child protection practices in the church in the aftermath of the Ferns inquiry report. The NSBC report arose from two separate complaints of clerical child abuse in the Diocese of Cloyne and was published last month by the diocese.
Choose a Subscription type - required
