IRELAND
Irish Times
Lorna Siggins
Mon, Jun 9, 2014
Archbishop of Tuam Dr Michael Neary made no specific reference to the controversy surrounding the former Bon Secours mother and babies home when he celebrated the ordination of a Castlebar man as priest yesterday.
Dr Neary, who stated last week that the archdiocese would co-operate with any inquiry, has said that it did not have any involvement in the running of the home in Tuam and had no records in its archives.
“There exists a clear moral imperative on the Bon Secours sisters in this case to act upon their responsibilities in the interest of the common good,” Dr Neary said.
A spokesman for the archbishop said Dr Neary would not be commenting further yesterday, as his statement of last week “still stood”.
Speaking at the ordination Mass in the Church of the Holy Rosary for Seán Flynn from Keelogues, Co Mayo, who formerly worked at a funeral undertakers in Castlebar, Dr Neary spoke of how the priest today “must be an agent of hope in what often might seem a hopeless situation”.
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