Brennan named bishop of Ferns

POPE Benedict XVI has appointed Fr Denis Brennan as the new Bishop of Ferns, a diocese which has been rocked by sex scandals.

Bishop Brendan Comiskey resigned in Easter 2002 over his questionable handling of clerical child abuse allegations involving more than 20 priests.

Monsignor Brennan has been working as parish priest of Taghmon, Co Wexford.