Gardaí to probe bishop’s performing of boy’s marriage

A judge directed that renegade bishop Michael Cox be investigated by gardaí concerning a marriage he allegedly performed involving a “naive” 17-year-old Co Clare boy and a Cork girl.

At Ennis District Children’s Court yesterday, Judge Patrick Durcan ordered that gardaí investigate Bishop Cox concerning a marriage certificate handed into court that contained his seal relating to the marriage.

The boy — who is on bail relating to alleged offences before the court — married the girl at a ceremony officiated by Bishop Cox in Birr in Co Offaly on Nov 23.