Casey unlikely to face prosecution

FORMER Bishop of Galway Eamon Casey is expected to return to ministry in an English parish as it emerges that gardaí are unlikely to seek his prosecution in relation to claims of abuse made against him in Ireland.

The allegations came to light last November after Dr Casey stepped down from his duties in the St Paul’s parish in Haywards Heath, west Sussex, where he has been serving since 1998.

It is understood that this step was taken after a middle-aged woman claimed to a British Catholic Church child protection officer that Dr Casey abused her when she was in Limerick.