Sinead voices anger over bishop’s suggestion

SINGER Sinead O’Connor took to the airwaves yesterday to voice her disgust at Bishop of Ferns Denis Brennan’s suggestion that parishioners could contribute towards abuse settlements and legal fees.

The mother-of-four, a longtime vocal critic of the Catholic hierarchy, accused the Vatican of “bringing the name of God into disrepute” by its failure to take responsibility for clerical sex abuse across the world. She said it was disgraceful that parishioners were being told that good Christians would take over the debts.

Meanwhile, Dr Brennan has said he does not want to burden the Vatican with requests for funding to help pay compensation and clerical abuse legal fees.