Archbishop apologises to abused man

ARCHBISHOP Dermot Clifford has issued an apology to a young man who was sexually abused by a priest who was supposed to be hearing his confession.

The archbishop issued the apology after Fr Brendan Wrixon received an 18-month suspended sentence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday for gross indecency against the then teenager between October 1982 and February 1983.

The court heard that at the time Fr Wrixon was acting as confessor during a religious workshop organised by the Diocese of Cloyne.