IRELAND
RTE News
09 November 2005 19:56
The Progressive Democrats backbench TD, Liz O'Donnell, has said the systematic failures of the Catholic Church outlined in the Ferns Report means that the special relationship which it had with the State must end.
Ms O'Donnell also told the Dáil that there should be an official audit of the Church's wealth, using legal discovery orders if necessary.
She said that given the extent of its wrongdoing against citizens the Catholic Church should be obliged to open up its books.