The Catholic diocese of Dromore has distanced itself from comments by a retired priest there who said he was “disgusted” at the appointment of Bishop Philip Boyce as its administrator this week. Bishop Boyce (78) had been Bishop of Raphoe in Donegal since 1995 until he retired last year. He told The Nolan Show that the appointment of Bishop Boyce “rubs salt on the wound” of an already hurt community. The statement from Dromore diocese pointed out that Fr Murray “is a retired priest of the Diocese of Northampton” who “lives in a property owned by the (Northampton) diocese and receives a pension from the diocese”. One case stood out, it said, and involved “serial paedophile priest” Fr Eugene Greene.

Source: The Irish Times March 29, 2018 21:27 UTC