Co Antrim priest urges Connell to resign

A Catholic priest in Co Antrim has accused Cardinal Desmond Connell and other senior bishops of treating the victims of clerical child sex abuse with "wicked contempt".

In a letter to the Irish News, Lisburn priest Fr Patrick McCafferty said the Cardinal and other bishops are unfit to lead the Catholic Church in Ireland and should follow the lead of Cardinal Bernard Law and resign. Cardinal Law, the Archbishop of Boston, resigned last week over his failure to adequately handle scores of abuse allegations against priests in his charge.