Bishop should quit as his credibility is on the line

IT is outrageous that publication of the report by the National Board for Safeguarding Children into clerical sex abuse allegations in the diocese of Cloyne was not accompanied by the immediate and contrite resignation of Bishop John McGee.

While he points out that the allegations are apparently unproven the process of investigation into them under his direction was appalling for its shortcomings and evasion.

How could he countenance anything other than his immediate resignation against this background? His own credibility and that of the church hierarchy are compromised once again in this long, weary, tragic and multifaceted episode of child sex abuse in the Catholic church and the response of the bishops to it.

Despite all the apologies, the initiatives and millions of euro spent in compensation, Bishop Magee has nothing more to offer than more of the same and that is not acceptable to any stakeholder. He has demonstrated once again that the learning curve is still parked as it was in 1983, a quarter century ago.

Myles Duffy

Bellevue Ave

Glenageary

Co Dublin