IRELAND
RTE News
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has given additional responsibilities to Auxiliary Bishop Eamonn Walsh, who he criticised in the wake of the Murphy Report four years ago.
Bishop Walsh, whose resignation was rejected by Pope Benedict following the Government-commissioned report, has been made head of the newly-established Office for Clergy in the Dublin Archdiocese.
The additional duties will see him co-ordinating all aspects of the theological and pastoral formation and pastoral care of the archdiocese’s 413 priests.
The 69-year old has served as an auxiliary bishop of Dublin for 23 years.
Between 2002 and 2006, he also administered the diocese of Ferns following the resignation of Bishop Brendan Comiskey over his attempted cover-ups of child sexual abuse scandals.
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