IRELAND
Galway Advertiser
BY UNA SINNOTT
An allegation levelled against former bishop of Galway Dr Eamon Casey this week was originally made several years ago, it has emerged.
Dr Casey, who is understood to be preparing to travel to Ireland to contest the allegation, withdrew from public ministry last weekend after the allegation came to light and a brief statement was read out on Sunday in the Our Lady of Fatima Church in Staplefield, West Sussex, where he has been serving as a priest for the past seven years.
According to Fr Stuart Geary, communications officer for the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, the allegation dated back many years and originated from a Catholic child protection officer in Ireland.
However it is unclear whether the allegation was made in Galway, where Dr Casey served as bishop from 1976 until his sensational departure in 1992, or in another part of the country.