Sex abuse victims furious at Cloyne report strategy plan

VICTIMS of clerical sex abuse in the diocese of Cloyne have expressed absolute fury at the decision to draft in a UCD psychologist to prepare priests for the public outcry once the Murphy Commission report into abuse is published.

The victims were all outraged yesterday when they learned of the planned meeting in Cork city for all priests and seminarians. The event has been organised by the diocese’s Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop Dermot Clifford of Cashel and Emly.

In a letter to priests across 46 parishes, Archbishop Clifford said they will discuss on Sunday “what strategies we might adopt on the day of its publication and immediately afterwards”.