Just seven bishops respond to secret oath policy query

JUST seven of the 26 Catholic bishops have responded to a question on whether or not their diocese ever operated a secret oath policy.

The question was put by the Irish Examiner to each of the 26 dioceses on Monday morning, but by last night only seven had managed a reply.

They were the Dublin Archdiocese, the Diocese of Cork and Ross, the Tuam Archdiocese, the Diocese of Clogher, the Diocese of Killaloe, the Diocese of Waterford and the Diocese of Cloyne.