Bishops ask for forgiveness in wake of report

THE country’s bishops last night asked for forgiveness following the publication of the Murphy report and admitted to being shamed “by the extent to which child abuse was covered up” in the Dublin Archdiocese.

They also said they recognised that the report and its findings “indicates a culture that was widespread in the Church”.

The country’s 26 bishops and seven auxiliary bishops also announced that they will ask the Catholic Church’s National Board for Safeguarding Children to examine their current child protection policies