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.

DESPITE the complaints mounting against Fr Ronat, the diocese considered promoting him in 1995, and again in 2005 — which the Commission described as “shocking”.

A PRIEST charged with interviewing a woman who had been abused for four years by Fr Ronat wrote in notes afterwards that he thought she may be some kind of latterday “Ophelia of Hamlet”.

FR RONAT had an “obsessive and unhealthy” relationship with a teenage boy whom he used to take to sporting events but was also taking into his bed.

A cleric asked to examine abuse allegations against a fellow priest suggested a teenage victim was to blame, a previously unpublished section of the Cloyne Report has revealed.

The Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Cloyne has expressed his profound sorrow on the publication of the final chapter of the Cloyne Report.

Serious failures in the handling of child sex abuse allegations against a priest in the Diocese of Cloyne are expected to be highlighted in an official report today.

Serious failures in the handling of child sex abuse allegations against a priest in the Diocese of Cloyne are expected to be published tomorrow.

Abuse victim: Kate's story

BISHOP Magee offered to promote a priest accused of molesting a girl after the priest threatened to sue him for defamation.