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08/12/2009
Minister Meets Papal Nuncio
The Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin is meeting with Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza today in the wake of the publication of the Murphy report.
The meeting, which is taking place at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin on St Stephen's Green, Dublin, was requested by the Minister following the publication of the report into the Catholic Church's handling of clerical child abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese.
Reports have indicated that more than one Irish bishop could resign as a result of the report. Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray is widely expected to offer his resignation to Pope Benedict XVI in Rome this week, while there is increasing speculation that Bishop Eamonn Walsh, another of Dublin's auxiliary bishops, may also resign.
The Vatican has confirmed that Cardinal Sean Brady and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin are meeting with the Pope on Friday to discuss the report.
(KMcA/BMcC)
The meeting, which is taking place at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin on St Stephen's Green, Dublin, was requested by the Minister following the publication of the report into the Catholic Church's handling of clerical child abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese.
Reports have indicated that more than one Irish bishop could resign as a result of the report. Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray is widely expected to offer his resignation to Pope Benedict XVI in Rome this week, while there is increasing speculation that Bishop Eamonn Walsh, another of Dublin's auxiliary bishops, may also resign.
The Vatican has confirmed that Cardinal Sean Brady and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin are meeting with the Pope on Friday to discuss the report.
(KMcA/BMcC)
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