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	Irish Bishops Deny ‘Omerta’ Code As Senior Churchmen Face Questions over a Repeated Gagging Pattern Forth March 24, 2010 http://forth.ie/index.php/content/article/irish_bishops_deny_omerta_code_as_senior_churchmen_face_questions_over_a_re/20100324/ As an avalanche of fresh allegations of cover-ups of child abuse emerge one senior Irish clergyman says he was not party to oaths of secrecy, despite media reports to the contrary – but there is strong evidence of a culture of silence as more cases emerge forth editor JASON WALSH reports TIMES ARE so tough for the Catholic church in Ireland that deputy heads have started to roll. Today saw the resignation of Bishop of Cloyne John Magee. Speculation that Magee was pushed is immense: his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI after a full year of refusing to stand down. Magee had been criticised by church-appointed inquiry found that child protection practices in his Diocese were ‘inadequate and in some respects dangerous’. Magee is far from being the only senior Irish cleric to face pressure to quit.
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