2 Irish bishops quit after report

 
By The Associated Press
Published: December 26, 2009

DUBLIN — Two Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland resigned on Christmas Day in the wake of an investigation into decades of church cover-up of child abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese .

Dublin Bishops Eamonn Walsh and Ray Field apologized as they announced their resignations during Christmas Mass. Priests read the statement to worshippers throughout the archdiocese, home to a quarter of Ireland’s 4 milli...


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