Bishop Murray resignation to be announced

THE Vatican is expected to announce the resignation of the Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray today.

Dr Murray was harshly criticised over his handling of sex abuse allegations while he was working in the Dublin Archdiocese and was one of a number of bishops singled out by the Murphy Commission report into the handling of clerical abuse cases in Dublin.

Bishop Murray travelled to Rome on Sunday last to discuss his future with the Pope and the church hierarchy.