Irish Examiner view: Church is still too secretive

'Bishop Casey’s Buried Secrets' was 90 minutes of excellent public service broadcasting which exposed allegations of child sexual abuse against the bishop

There were settlements in two cases against Bishop Eamonn Casey, but they came with gagging orders.

If there was a glimmer of light in Monday night’s documentary exposing the litany of horror perpetrated by sexual predator Bishop Eamonn Casey, it was the willingness of women, such as his niece Patricia Donovan, to speak out against his crimes.

Speaking on camera for the first time, she said she “spent years and years and years trying to get heard”.