NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
By Julian O’Neill
BBC Newsline
A retired Catholic bishop has defended his handling of some of the abuse allegations made against James Donaghy, a former priest jailed for ten years for a series of sex crimes.
One of Donaghy’s victims, Fr Patrick McCafferty, was critical of how Bishop Patrick Walsh dealt with his case.
Fr McCafferty was a 19-year-old trainee priest when first abused by Donaghy.
When he told Bishop Walsh of the allegations in 2003 an internal church inquiry was established.
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