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Cardinal meets with sex abuse commission [article]

  • 13-02-2007 5:43pm
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    lostexpectation
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    Cardinal meets with sex abuse commission

    CARDINAL Desmond Connell has agreed to give evidence in private to the Government-appointed Commission of Investigation into clerical sexual abuse in the Dublin archdiocese in the next few months.

    This will be the first time since the foundation of the State in 1921 that 'a Prince of the Church' has been brought before a Government body to account for his response to allegations of child abuse by priests when he was Archbishop of Dublin from 1988 to 2004.

    While the Cardinal has agreed to appear before the Commission, church and political sources predict that his co-operation may prove to be limited.

    These sources suggest that Cardinal Connell may argue that some of his decisions must remain confidential under the Catholic Church's code of canon law. Such a course of action could lead the Cardinal into conflict with Minister for Justice Michael McDowell, who has said that canon law merely has the status of a golf club's regulations.

    classic line that, can't believe they never had to explain themselves before.
    http://www.unison.ie/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1773595&issue_id=15238


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