Dublin archbishop stirs resentment with public comments on abuse report

July 01, 2009

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has been outspoken in his denunciation of abuse within Church-run institutions, even criticizing other bishops for failing to take the issue seriously enough. But Damian Thompson of the Daily Telegraph reports that some Catholic leaders have come to resent the archbishop's public comments, and now charge that he is "engaged in some preemptive personal damage limitation" in advance of a new report, expected soon, about the handling of sex-abuse allegations in the Dublin archdiocese.

 

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Further information:

• Dublin archbishop's nifty footwork over child abuse reports is annoying his colleagues (Daily Telegraph)