Archbishop Martin: Parishioner money not used to pay abuse-claim costs

A claim that the Dublin Archdiocese is using parish funds to cover the cost of clerical sexual abuse claims has been rejected by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.

The Irish Catholic newspaper claims the Archdiocese proposed that parishes donate funds from their cash surpluses to help fill a deficit in an account used to pay lawyers fees and compensation for victims of clerical child sex abuse.