Murphy Report - Bishop of Limerick should go

WHILE the performance of the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmaid Martin following the publication of the Murphy report was impressive, his interview on RTÉ yesterday left much to be desired, but this may well reflect a failing within the Church itself.

He was saying that he has no power to direct any bishop to resign.

Suggesting that bishops criticised in the Murphy Report should examine their own conscience and do the right thing is essentially about as far as he could go as Archbishop of Dublin. He said that Bishop Donal Murray of Limerick, one of the former auxiliary bishops of Dublin who was criticised in the Murphy report, should have the chance to explain his side of the story.