Martin: Cloyne a model of all that can go wrong

ARCHBISHOP Diarmuid Martin has launched a stinging attack on individuals within Cloyne Diocese and elsewhere for putting their views above both the safety of children and the Church’s rules for their protection.

He also said bishops of other dioceses should bring three as yet unpublished reports into the public domain as “hiding isn’t helping”.

During his homily at Mass yesterday in Dublin’s Pro-Cathedral, the Archbishop of Dublin said he was angry at the Cloyne report and that “great damage” had been done to the Church.