Bishop: Better to fund services than further abuse inquiries

An Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin says he sees no need for further inquiries into child abuse in the Irish Catholic church, and resources should be spent elsewhere.

Eamon Walsh made his comments as the fallout continues from the Murphy report.

The document exposed 30 years of "denial, arrogance and cover-up" of clerical abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese.

Bishop Walsh says he believes the focus should now be on ensuring the abuse and cover-up does not happen again, rather than on uncovering any more evidence.

"I think we have the full truth," he said. "We know the pattern in Ferns. We know the pattern in Dublin…I would much prefer that we put the scarce resources that we have as a country and as a Church into consolidating our services."