Irish Examiner view: The Church is damaged by the sins of the past

Proposed pastoral centre at bishop's palace dubious

The bishop's palace off Redemption Rd, Cork. Picture: David Creedon

On Thursday, the Bishop of Cork and Ross Fintan Gavin announced plans to sell the old bishop’s palace in Cork, in order to help fund the construction of a pastoral centre.

This new centre is to be used to train lay people to support the dwindling number of priests, but almost immediately there were calls for those plans to be changed.