Bishop’s history of lip service to child protection policies

In 2008, Bishop John Magee and his cohort asserted their commitment to child protection. After the release of the Cloyne report, his words seem insincere, writes Claire O’Sullivan

THE BISHOP sat across the mahogany table from us, flanked on either side by his closest aides.

It was just myself and my Editor, Tim Vaughan, facing the Cloyne hierarchy; the delineation clearly marked — we were the other side.