Vatican ‘should strip Magee and O’Callaghan of their titles’

VICTIMS of clerical sex abuse in Cloyne have said Bishop John Magee and Monsignor Denis O’Callaghan should be stripped of their titles by the Vatican.

The Murphy Commission report into clerical abuse in the diocese of Cloyne found the diocesan heads failed to handle allegations properly, took the side of the accused and lied to state authorities about abuse allegations.

“Those two both abused their titles. Both loved to live the lives those titles entitled them to, yet through those titles they destroyed people’s lives. They should remember the words of the bible: ‘To whom much is given, much is expected’,” one victim said.