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Irish Catholic Church cover-up Bishop Murray 'fired' by Pope Benedict

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PATRICK ROBERTS,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Thursday, December 17, 2009, 8:15 AM
Updated Thursday, December 17, 2009, 2:32 PM

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Bishop Donal Murray
Bishop Donal Murray


Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of disgraced Limerick Bishop Donal Murray.

Murray was one of many Irish Catholic Church bishops criticized in the Murphy Report into the handling of allegations of child sexual abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese from 1975 to 2004.

“The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Limerick, presented by Monsignor Donal Brendan Murray, in conformity with ... Canon Law."

The Church's rules on the subject, crafted by Pope John Paul II in 1984, reads: “A diocesan bishop who has become less able to fulfill his office because of ill health or some other grave cause is earnestly required to present his resignation from office”.

Asked about the “other grave cause” which prompted Murray’s resignation, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told the press: "That seems to me obvious, given the situation that had been created by the publication of the (Murphy) Report and given that he was one of the people involved in the events dealt with by the report. For that reason and for the good of the Church, for a greater serenity, he spontaneously presented his resignation.”

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kickstar | Dec 17, 2009, 12:37 PM EST
The kindest thing I could say to donal murray is good riddence to bad rubbish, See you down at the Dole office.

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Rebelforce | Dec 17, 2009, 08:51 AM EST
Is this guy any different from the Hollywood crowd who make excuses for and want to forgive and forget Roman Polansky for his sexual abuse of a child? It's the same mentality isn't it?

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