Interrupted by jeers from observers, one of Pope Francis’ top advisers denied an accusation that his testimony to an inquiry into child sex abuse was an attempt to deflect blame for the Catholic Church transferring Australia’s worst paedophile priest from parish to parish.

THE Catholic Bishops Conference, in a synchronised set of four announcements in March 2009, advised that Pope Benedict XVI appointed the Archbishop of Cashel & Emly as Apostolic Administrator to the Diocese of Cloyne at the request for Bishop John Magee.

The Pope has appointed the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Dermot Clifford, as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Cloyne in Cork.