Former bishop, who Ferns report found had failed to protect children from clerical sex abuse, has died

Brendan Comiskey resigned in 2002 when it emerged that he failed to protect children from dozens of paedophile priests, including the notorious Fr Sean Fortune. File photo: David Sleator / Irish Times.

The disgraced former Bishop of Ferns, who resigned from his position during a clerical abuse scandal in which he failed to protect children from serial abuse, has died.

Brendan Comiskey, aged 89 and from Monaghan, resigned in 2002 when it emerged that he failed to protect children from dozens of paedophile priests, including the notorious Fr Sean Fortune.