More clerical resignations expected

A second bishop was dramatically removed from the Catholic hierarchy over child sex abuse scandals tonight, with another three senior clerics expected to face the same fall from grace.

More clerical resignations expected

A second bishop was dramatically removed from the Catholic hierarchy over child sex abuse scandals tonight, with another three senior clerics expected to face the same fall from grace.

Scandal-hit former bishop of Cloyne John Magee, a one-time Vatican aide and the only cleric to serve as personal secretary to three popes, quit the day-to-day running of parishes across rural Cork in March last year.

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