IRELAND
Irish Times
KATHRYN HAYES
The new Bishop of Limerick has said he hopes legislators will be inspired to know how best to protect the lives of mothers and their unborn children. Fr Brendan Leahy from Dublin was yesterday appointed Bishop of Limerick by Pope Benedict XVI.
The 52-year-old professor of systematic theology at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, succeeds bishop Donal Murray, who resigned three years ago following the publication of the Murphy report.
The report, which dealt with clerical child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese, criticised Bishop Murray for his failure to adequately deal with allegations of abuse when he was an auxiliary bishop in in Dublin.
Speaking in Limerick following the official announcement of his appointment, Fr Leahy, who will be ordained Bishop of Limerick after Easter, spoke about the need to protect the life of unborn children.
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