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The Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin has been strongly criticised by Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Dr Dermot O’Mahony, for his failure to adequately support the priests of the Archdiocese in the wake of the publication of the Murphy Report.
Although Dr O’Mahony was himself criticised in the report, I am thankful that he has brought Dr Diarmuid Martin’s role into question. The Archbishop is rightly perceived to have cooperated with investigations, but the manner in which he has dealt with certain clergymen has been regrettable. People criticised him for questioning the integrity of my own bishop - and last weekend he claimed he didn’t have any idea where my bishop could have gotten this idea: he failed to clarify his position regarding the bishop, yet had time to converse with a number of protestors who had gathered outside the bishops’ meeting (one of whom was holding a poster saying of my bishop “Bishop Drennan - Time to go now”). To me, this speaks volumes.
As to Dr O’Mahony’s case, it is an absolute disgrace that the Archbishop, knowing that Bishop O’Mahony had sent a statement of apology to the press office in October, claimed in December that the bishop had not expressed “any public clarification or remorse or apology”. According to the Communications office, they were never asked to publish his statement! Do they not know what their job is? I mean, if Bishop O’Mahony wanted private correspondance with the Archbishop, he would have sent the statement directly to him. Archbishop Martin called for those mentioned in the report to be accountable, yet when they make a statement of apology and regret, it is ignored… without a doubt, there’s something fishy going on…
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Although Dr O’Mahony was himself criticised in the report, I am thankful that he has brought Dr Diarmuid Martin’s role into question. The Archbishop is rightly perceived to have cooperated with investigations, but the manner in which he has dealt with certain clergymen has been regrettable. People criticised him for questioning the integrity of my own bishop - and last weekend he claimed he didn’t have any idea where my bishop could have gotten this idea: he failed to clarify his position regarding the bishop, yet had time to converse with a number of protestors who had gathered outside the bishops’ meeting (one of whom was holding a poster saying of my bishop “Bishop Drennan - Time to go now”). To me, this speaks volumes.
As to Dr O’Mahony’s case, it is an absolute disgrace that the Archbishop, knowing that Bishop O’Mahony had sent a statement of apology to the press office in October, claimed in December that the bishop had not expressed “any public clarification or remorse or apology”. According to the Communications office, they were never asked to publish his statement! Do they not know what their job is? I mean, if Bishop O’Mahony wanted private correspondance with the Archbishop, he would have sent the statement directly to him. Archbishop Martin called for those mentioned in the report to be accountable, yet when they make a statement of apology and regret, it is ignored… without a doubt, there’s something fishy going on…