The Bishop of Cloyne, Canon William Crean, will meet with Cork Social Democrats member Ken Curtin today after he was removed from Cobh’s rota of Church readers due to his stance on abortion.

A Social Democrat candidate in the last general election is seeking a meeting with the Bishop of Cloyne after he was dropped from reading at Mass because of his support for repealing abortion laws and his political affiliations.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will deliver a graveside oration at the state funeral of Thomas Kent in the Co Cork village of Castlelyons on Friday.

The prophetic voice is not authentic if it seeks to redefine long-established Church teaching according to its own reading of the signs of the times, according to Margaret Hickey

Fr Tony Flannery has said the Bishop of Cloyne’s intervention to stop him addressing a parish event in East Cork shows the Church’s claim of wanting to give voice to the laity was “empty and meaningless talk”.

The Bishop of Cloyne has asked for prayers from the diocese following a suspected murder-suicide stabbing, involving a man who worked in the gardens of the Bishop's palace.

The Bishop of Cloyne has announced a major reshuffle of priests in the diocese and the retirement of three.

A Trinity graduate has turned his back on a career in pharmacy to serve God.

The little boy who died after falling into an East Cork river will be removed from his grandparents’ home for burial today.

Bishop of Cloyne William Crean has said his heart goes out to the family of a seven-year-old boy who died a day after falling into a flooded river near his home.

In his first address to his diocese, the new Bishop of Cloyne threw down the gauntlet to the banks, warning they need to “do more of the heavy lifting” as the financial crisis is crushing ordinary people.

The new Bishop of Cloyne has been ordained at St Colmans Cathedral in Cobh today.

The new Bishop of Cloyne has spoken of his apprehension at accepting the appointment in light of the troubled history of the diocese where his predecessor failed to protect children from clerical sex abuse.

The 1981 hunger strike resulted in a showdown between Margaret Thatcher and Ireland’s politicians, but ultimately in the deaths of 10 prisoners, writes Ryle Dwyer

ONE of the top IRA prisoners in the Maze during the hunger strike wanted John Hume to act as an intermediary to end the protest, state papers have revealed.

A TEENAGE girl who alleges that she was abused by Fr Ronat said he claimed the Holy Spirit was descending upon her as he touched her body.

A COUNSELLING centre in Cork has confirmed that a priest, against whom seven allegations of sexual abuse have been lodged, worked as a volunteer with them in the early 1990s.

The Chief Executive of One in Four Maeve Lewis has said she believes the former Bishop of Cloyne does not understand the gravity of what happened in his diocese.

A leading campaigner for victims of clerical child abuse, Andrew Madden, has called on the former Bishop of Cloyne, John Magee, to fully explain his inaction against paedophile priests.

Former Bishop of Cloyne John Magee has asked for forgiveness for failing to protect children and investigate paedophile priests.

A PRIEST from the Diocese of Cloyne has called on diocesan officials to provide details of the 1999 unfair dismissal case, which was withdrawn after Bishop John Magee reportedly paid the former employee £40,000 and demanded a confidentiality clause.

BISHOP Magee retains the title Bishop of Cloyne even though the governance of the diocese passed to the apostolic administrator from March 2009.

IT’S crystal clear once again with the revelation in the Murphy report into the Diocese of Cloyne that the institutional church’s secrecy and methods of operation are dysfunctional.

AT Mass on Sunday morning we had a heartfelt apology from our PP.

THE cleric condemned for his failure to implement child protection guidelines in the beleaguered Diocese of Cloyne queried how he had failed the victims when asked if he accepted he had let them down.

Abuse victim: Maria’s story

ARCHBISHOP Dermot Clifford said he’d have been “very happy” if Bishop John Magee was standing in front of the press responding to questions on the Cloyne report instead of him.

BISHOP John Magee bears “primary responsibility” for the “inadequate and inappropriate response” to complaints of clerical child sex abuse in the Diocese of Cloyne.

The former Bishop of Cloyne, John Magee, has issued a statement in which he sincerely apologises to all those who were abused by priests in the diocese.

The long-awaited report into the handling of clerical abuse allegations in the diocese of Cloyne will be published later today.

A LONG-awaited report into clerical child abuse in the diocese of Cloyne could be published as early as next week.

A long-awaited report into the handling of clerical child sex abuse allegations in the Diocese of Cloyne is due to be made public within weeks.

CLAIMS that the child protection delegate in the diocese of Cloyne handed over a confidential file containing allegations of abuse to the priest at the centre of the allegations are being investigated by the Catholic Church.

Tommy Barker says Cork hurler Christy Ring’s home looks a lot different from when he was born there in 1920.

POPE Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Clogher, Dr Joseph Duffy, who, as Church law dictates, is stepping down having reached the age of 75.

THE second priest at the centre of 2008 National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC) report has been re-interviewed by gardaí in North Cork earlier this week and an updated file is to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

THE resignations of three more Irish bishops will be accepted by the Pope in the coming weeks following the departure yesterday of the Bishop of Cloyne.

THE resignations of three more Irish bishops will be accepted by the Pope in the coming weeks following the departure yesterday of the Bishop of Cloyne.

A second bishop was dramatically removed from the Catholic hierarchy over child sex abuse scandals tonight, with another three senior clerics expected to face the same fall from grace.

Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of a senior Irish bishop who stood down over his mishandling of clerical child sex abuse allegations, it was confirmed today.

A third inquiry into clerical child sex abuse by Catholic priests will run until next summer, it was revealed tonight.

EMBATTLED Bishop of Limerick, Donal Murray was last year linked to a controversial attempt by a Church body to prevent the publication of the damning Cloyne report into clerical sex abuse.