Galway diocese considering issue of interment of Bishop Eamonn Casey's remains

It was revealed in 1992 that Casey, who was bishop of Kilmacduagh and Galway from 1976 to 1992, had defrauded the Galway diocese of £70,000 to support a son, Peter, that he had fathered with American woman, Annie Murphy, in the early 1970s

The Galway diocese says it has begun considering the issue of the interment of the remains of disgraced Bishop Eamonn Casey in its cathedral crypt after new revelations of child abuse levelled against him.

But it said it needs time and space to consider the matter and will be making no further comment until the process is complete.