Priest: Wives and mothers 'implicated' in abuse cover-up

A Catholic priest is claiming that the "wives and mothers of Ireland" are as culpable as the Church hierarchy in the cover-up of sexual abuse.

Priest: Wives and mothers 'implicated' in abuse cover-up

A Catholic priest is claiming that the "wives and mothers of Ireland" are as culpable as the Church hierarchy in the cover-up of sexual abuse.

In an article in the 'Irish Catholic', Father Paddy Banville of the Ferns Diocese has said "a significant percentage of the population are implicated in the cover-up of abuse".

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