Column was out of touch and out of date

I HAVE no wish to add to the current preoccupation of the media with the clerical abuse of children but I feel someone should tell Fergus Finlay he is totally out of touch with reality in his venomous attack on the bishop of Cloyne (January 6).

Mr Finlay states: “Our Children, Our Church is the name of the document that outlines the Catholic Church’s procedures and structures when it comes to child protection.”

Sadly, he is quite out of touch (as well as out of date) with everything he writes about this document. From the day it was launched in October 2006, it has been criticised, cut to pieces, rubbished and finally sent for recycling by the bishops who authorised it.