Bishop of Galway not planning to quit

A BATTLE-WEARY Bishop of Galway Martin Drennan has said he will not be resigning his post unless he can no longer “be a source of unity” in the diocese.

“As a bishop, I need to be a source of unity in the diocese. If I can be that for the people and for the priests in the diocese, I will stay on. If I couldn’t be that, I wouldn’t and wouldn’t want to stay” he said.

Speaking on RTÉ Radio, Bishop Drennan said he was happy with the way he dealt with things and pointed out that he had never been called to give evidence to the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.