Rocked, by Olivia Ryan, The Argus, August 18 2010

Rocked

By Olivia Ryan
The Argus
August 18 2010

http://www.argus.ie/premium/news/rocked-2301989.html

It was announced by Bishop Gerard Clifford at Saturday evening mass in Blackrock that Fr Oliver Brennan has left the parish pending a 'child safeguarding' investigation.

ANGRY parishioners confronted Bishop Gerard Clifford at Blackrock Church after Fr. Oliver Brennan stepped aside pending an investigation an allegation over 'child safeguarding', the Argus has learned. Some had been expecting a statement about the proposed transfer of Fr Brennan, which had stirred strong opposition, but that was not the statement Bishop Clifford read out at the vigil mass on Saturday evening. Bishop Gerard Clifford spoke to the congregation about a decision made concerning their parish priest, whom he named as Fr. Oliver Brennan.