A senior US churchman visiting Dublin to examine how children are protected against paedophile priests today told parishioners he had not come to offer a quick fix.

THE US-based cardinal appointed to investigate paedophile priests in the Dublin archdiocese “silences” any controversy over child abuse in the dioceses he joins, it has been claimed.

SEVERAL of the Catholic Church’s top enforcers against paedophile priests have been appointed by the Pope to carry out an inquiry into the Church’s handling of the problem here.