Bishop Eamonn Casey: Scandals led to a new society

THE death, yesterday at the age of 89, of Bishop Eamonn Casey, Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh after a long illness suffered in a Co Clare nursing home, could be an occasion to rehearse all of the hurt and outrage provoked by his deceit, hypocrisy and betrayal.

That response, however, might suggest that the lessons of his life remain unlearnt.

Those criticisms, if by now almost threadbare, are entirely justified.