IRELAND
Irish Independent
PAUL WILLIAMS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT – 01 FEBRUARY 2014
THE heavy grey skies over Dublin unleashed a deluge as the tall, handsome gentleman emerged from the dental surgery on Burlington Road.
Unperturbed by the sudden violence of the downpour, he hoisted his umbrella and marched briskly down the pavement on the short journey to his home in nearby Ranelagh.
It had been at least 12 years since the former Bishop of Ferns Brendan Comiskey was seen in public, although he claims he has “been here all the time”.
He was once a flamboyantly liberal, religious prelate – a man seen as having a great future in the church.
Now he has been forced into anonymity by the horrific sins of the predatory priests under his control.
Brendan Comiskey was condemned for doing nothing while at least 10 clerics, including the infamous Sean Fortune, raped and abused scores of children with impunity.
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