Bishop dedicates his ordination to two Athlone rape victims

The country’s newest bishop has prayed for two little girls who were allegedly raped by a homeless man last week.

Bishop Francis Duffy, a former teacher and school principal, was ordained the Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois during a ceremony in Athlone, Co Westmeath.

Bishop Duffy told the congregation he wanted to remember and share the country’s shock and revulsion at the attacks.