VICTIMS of child abuse here have flooded a British-based helpline to such an extent that the founder is now going to set up an office in Dublin.

The Bishop of Ferns, Dr Brendan Comiskey, has announced his decision to resign in the wake of the controversy surrounding his handling of complaints of sexual abuse by the late Father Sean Fortune.

It has emerged that Dr Brendan Comiskey will not attend the Easter Vigil at St Aidan's Cathedral in Enniscorthy this evening.