Vatican City, Sep 3, 2011 / 10:56 am
The Vatican has issued a detailed response to a report charging that Irish Church officials in the Cloyne Diocese mishandled allegations of abuse by priests.
But it denied accusations that it deliberately disrupted the Irish government’s efforts to bring priests to justice in Ireland.
“The Holy See does not accept that it was somehow indifferent to the plight of those who suffered abuse in Ireland,” the Vatican said in a 25-page formal response delivered to the Irish government.
In the wake of the July 13 “Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne,” Prime Minister Enda Kenny attacked the Vatican in a highly charged speech in the Irish parliament.