Bishop disputes newspaper allegation

on 08/10/2012 14:47:33

The Bishop of Clonfert has said a newspaper claim that he was aware a priest had abused children after he moved him to another parish is "incorrect".

The Irish Times reported that John Kirby was told by the man known as "Priest A" of the further abuses when he visited him at Arbour Hill Prison where he was serving a jail term for sexual abuse.

In a statement this afternoon Bishop Kirby said the report is "incorrect" and regrets that it could serve to "exacerbate the hurt" which his earlier widely publicised remarks had caused to the victims of child sexual abuse and their families.