NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
Priests in the Derry diocese will meet again to discuss raising money for the Stewardship Fund, which pays clerical sex abuse victims compensation.
Last week a levy for the fund from church collections was abolished, after parishioners' complaints that they were not told where the money was going.
The meeting will be held at the Iona Retreat Centre just outside Derry.
A spokesman said no agreement will be made on the commitment to the fund without parishioners having their say.
Bishop of Derry Dr Seamus Hegarty apologised in a letter read out at Masses in the diocese on Sunday for not telling parishioners that a 3% levy on church collections was going towards the fund for victims of clerical sex abuse.
Posted by kshaw at March 2, 2005 03:31 AM