Vatican did not issue a cover-up instruction

IT IS understandable that Patrick Geaney and Mark Ryan (Irish Examiner, letters, May 11), because of the wording of its title, both jumped to the conclusion that Crimen Sollicitationis was sent to all the bishops.

Wed, 18 May, 2005 - 01:00

Crimen Sollicitationis is a Vatican document dealing principally with solicitation by priests in the course of confession.

As a matter of fact it was NOT sent to all the bishops, only to bishops who had occasion to deal with such a grievous breaches of trust.

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