IRELAND
Zenit
MAYNOOTH, Ireland, OCT. 31, 2005 (Zenit.org).- The Irish episcopal conference held a special meeting on child protection, and bishops apologized to all those people hurt at the hands of abusers in the Church.
At the meeting today held in St Patrick's College, bishops expressed their deep sadness at the findings of the recent Ferns Inquiry and especially those pages retelling the pain experienced by those who have suffered.
The report about the Ferns Diocese told of 100 complaints of abuse by clergy dating back to the 1960s.
The bishops' conference, in a press statement, said today it discussed the report of the Ferns Inquiry at length.