Three bishops made significant errors of judgment when allegations of child sexual abuse were made against priests, a Catholic Church watchdog has found.

Six separate reports on child protection measures in Catholic dioceses in Ireland will be published today.

SIX separate reports on child protection measures in Catholic dioceses in Ireland will be published today.

Six separate reports on child protection measures in Catholic dioceses in Ireland will be published tomorrow.

The Pope has accepted the resignation of Bishop of Derry Seamus Hegarty, who has been forced to step down due to ill health.

Bishop Edward Daly has said he was shocked by the news his successor the Bishop of Derry Dr Seamus Hegarty is to step down for health reasons at the age of 71.

The Bishop of Derry, Dr Seamus Hegarty, is to step down for health reasons at the age of 71.

A 32-year-old man has been charged with breaking in to the home of the Bishop of Derry, Dr Seamus Hegarty.

A FLAT cap and a bingo book — the most fitting symbols for a quiet, country man who loved the outdoors and a game of bingo in the parish hall.

JUST one small signpost marks Fahan out among the string of small communities scattered along the Lough Swilly shoreline and its parish church lies hidden among a maze of tight roads squeezed between heavy hedgerows.

Forgiveness should be shown after a pensioner died in a road accident on his way home from bingo, his funeral heard today.

A review of child protection policies at Catholic dioceses in the North, including the Diocese of Raphoe, is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

POPE BENEDICT’S pastoral letter will be released today. Whether it will mark an ending or a beginning remains to be seen.

THE Catholic Church has silenced a senior cleric who claimed priests did not have to answer to the law on the reporting of child abuse.

The Catholic Church faced further allegations of mishandling child sex abuse in Ireland today after claims that a girl abused by a priest was sworn to secrecy in an out-of-court settlement as recently as 2000.

Further claims have been made in the child sex abuse scandal currently rocking the Catholic Church.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a Co Donegal priest's bid to have his appeal against his conviction for raping a teenage parishioner in a church sacristy more than 20 years ago determined by the Supreme Court

The Court of Criminal Appeal is expected to rule next week if a Co Donegal priest can have his appeal against his conviction for raping a teenage parishioner in a church sacristy more than 20 years ago determined by the Supreme Court.

A Co Donegal priest has lost his appeal against his conviction for raping a teenage parishioner in a church sacristy almost 25-years-ago.

A row has broken out in Derry after its bishop declined to sign a petition calling on dissident republicans to disband and decommission.

Catholic bishops have called on the Government to honour their commitment to helping Irish prisoners abroad.

An appeal brought by Co Donegal priest against his conviction for raping a teenage parishioner in the church sacristy over 20 years ago has been adjourned to the next legal term by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

A Donegal priest has been jailed for seven years by Mr Justice Philip O'Sullivan at the Central Criminal Court for raping a teenage parishioner in the church sacristy over 20 years ago.

Irish emigrants are more at risk of going to prison in Britain due to the advent of tough sentencing policies, it was claimed today.

Fifteen priests have been accused of sex abuse in a 50-year period in the North’s largest Catholic diocese, according to figures published today.

CHILD sex abuse allegations have been made against 26 priests who worked in Derry, it was revealed last night.

BUNCRANA was a town loath to awaken yesterday, its shop shutters drawn and windows darkened as if to acknowledge the new day would be to let in the pain it bore.

A letter of apology from the Bishop of Derry Seamus Hegarty to parishioners in the diocese has been read out at all masses today.

A Catholic diocese in Northern Ireland is to scrap a controversial levy in support of a fund for clerical sex abuse victims, it emerged tonight.

A PRIEST at the centre of sex abuse allegations in the North yesterday apologised to his parishioners.

A priest at the centre of sex abuse allegations in the North today apologised to his parishioners.

The Bishop of Derry has confirmed that he allowed a priest to continue working in his diocese despite the fact that the man made an out-of-court settlement to an alleged sex abuse victim.

The 'Supporting Irish Abroad' campaign has been officially launched at a ceremony in Britain.

LABOUR PARTY leader Pat Rabbitte yesterday blamed successive governments for neglecting the thousands of Irish emigrants in Britain who live in squalor and poverty.

BISHOP of Derry, Seamus Hegarty, has called on the Government to urgently establish a support agency for the Irish in Britain, many of whom suffer the effects of poverty, depression and alcoholism.

LAST week’s Sunday Tribune featured a not-very-revealing article about the contenders to succeed Desmond Connell as Archbishop of Dublin, and installed the Bishop of Derry, Dr Séamus Hegarty, as the favourite.

Police in the North have launched a review into the investigation of the Claudy bombing in 1972.

PARISHIONERS in a rural community are standing by their parish priest after he was suspended from duty following a sex abuse allegation.

Real IRA inmates should be stripped of compassionate leave rights after a prisoner skipped temporary bail arrangements, it was claimed today.

An anti-sectarian rally was taking place in Derry today to protest against the murder of construction worker David Caldwell.

THE brutal murder of David Caldwell will only strengthen the resolve of the community to resist the evils of terrorism, it was claimed yesterday.

The brutal murder of David Caldwell will only strengthen the resolve of the community to resist the evils of terrorism, it was claimed today.