AN Irish-born archbishop based in Africa has resigned, after he confessed to a long-term relationship with a woman he met in Nigeria more than 20 years ago, although he has firmly rejected her accusations that he sexually abused her as a child.

The Pope has today accepted the resignation of a Tipperary-born Archbishop.

KENYAN police have arrested three men who they suspect were involved in the murder of Co Limerick born missionary, Fr Jer Roche, who was attacked in his house in the Kericho region last Friday.

An Irish archbishop is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Africa before having a 20-year affair with her, it emerged today.

Tributes were tonight paid to a dedicated missionary killed in a road crash in Co Tipperary.

A Catholic bishop from the war-torn Darfur region in Africa is visiting Ireland this week to raise awareness of the plight of his people.

A Catholic priest at the centre of a major sex abuse compensation payout in Ireland has fled to Brazil, it was claimed tonight.