IRELAND
Irish Voice
By Mairead Carey
The former Bishop of Galway Dr. Eamon Casey has told his colleagues that he is innocent of charges of child abuse which forced him out of the priesthood in England.
The disgraced bishop was forced to step down from ministry after allegations surfaced that he had abused a young girl more than 30 years ago in Ireland.
It has since emerged that the woman, who is now living in Britain, has made similar unproven allegations against others in the past.
This week Casey, who fled Ireland in the 1990s after it was revealed that he had fathered a child with American divorcee Annie Murphy, told friends he would prove his innocence.