Murphy: No secrecy oath for victims in my time here

THE Bishop of Kerry, Dr Bill Murphy, said victims of child sexual abuse in his diocese have not had to take oaths of secrecy since he took over in 1995.

He also said no oaths had been taken prior to that time, as far as he could say.

Bishop Murphy, who was heckled by a man as he celebrated Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral, Killarney, on Sunday, also expressed confidence in Cardinal Seán Brady, saying he did not believe the cardinal should resign over his handling of reports by two young victims of paedophile priest Brendan Smyth, in 1975.