It happened to a bishop but the cardinal was even more to blame

IN A public opinion poll published this week, 56% of the people surveyed in the Galway diocese felt that Bishop Eamonn Casey should not be required to explain his past actions.

This finding was obviously because he has already done so.

Nobody needs to know the explicit details of how Peter Murphy was conceived. We also know that when confronted with extortionist tactics, the bishop "borrowed" £70,000 from diocesan funds, because he was unable to get hold of money due to him. That was wrong, but the money has been returned in full, with interest. We don't need a judicial tribunal to investigate any of it.