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No place in education for Bishops implicated in Murphy report

Issued : Friday 27 November, 2009

Whether Bishops implicated in the Murphy Report resign or not is a matter for the Catholic Church.

However, whether any such Bishop should remain as a patron of a school or otherwise continue in the management or supervision of education or health provision for children is a matter for the State.

Therefore where a Bishop has been directly implicated in the Murphy Report, he should have no role as a school patron.