Bishop John Buckley pledges support for successor

Just hours before pledging support for his successor, the Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross was visiting the sick in Cork University Hospital, supporting, among others, a man from West Cork who had lost several fingers in a horrific lawnmower accident.

And while Dr John Buckley said he hopes to continue from time to time his hospital visits to comfort and console patients, he will "move quietly" through the diocese and help his successor where he can after retirement.