Abuse survivor group calls on Pope to sack guilty clergy

SEX abuse survivor group One in Four has called for Pope Benedict XVI to intervene in Ireland’s latest clerical scandal by “sacking some of the priests involved”.

Speaking after Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said bishops who failed to protect children had not yet responded adequately to the crisis, One in Four executive director Maeve Lewis said it was time the Vatican supported “courageous” clergymen.

In a strong rebuke of the response from the Church to date, Ms Lewis said it appeared “some of the bishops involved do not understand they facilitated sex offenders to abuse children”.