NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
A letter explaining the decision to scrap a controversial levy on church collections has been read out at masses in the Derry diocese on Sunday.
Bishop of Derry Dr Seamus Hegarty's letter apologised for not telling parishioners that a 3% levy was going towards a fund for victims of clerical sex abuse.
The revelations were made in BBC NI's Spotlight programme on Tuesday.
The letter told parishioners they had a right to know where their money went.
The bishop has accepted a recommendation from the priests of the diocese that the levy should be abolished.