Cardinal acknowledges how badly people were let down

THE extent to which many people feel let down and angry was acknowledged by Cardinal Seán Brady yesterday as the Diocese of Cloyne accepted the findings of the HSE report into the management of child sexual abuse issues in the diocese.

Bishop John Magee yesterday repeated his apology to all victims of abuse by priests in his diocese and urged “any person who has been abused or has concerns about child protection to contact the gardaí, the HSE or the diocese”.

A spokesperson for the bishop said he (Magee) would give “every possible cooperation” to the examination of “the operation of practices and policies in relation to child protection by the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne”.