'The majority of people love their priests' - Bishop hits out at Taoiseach’s 'very hurtful' comments

The Roman Catholic bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Alphonsus Cullinan has described the Taoiseach’s comments in the Dáil on Wednesday when he compared Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin to a secretly sinning priest, as “very hurtful.”

Mr Varadkar had said: “I am always amused and bemused that Deputy Martin likes to accuse me of being partisan and personal yet, as is evidenced by his name-calling today, he is very capable of being partisan and personalised himself.