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	Clerical Paedophilia Probe to Be Widened 96 FM January 7, 2008 http://www2.96fm.ie/news/detail.asp?type=news&article_id=93197&pt=n A marathon investigation into child sex abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland is to be widened after a bishop broke church rules on the handling of complaints. The Irish government has ordered a state inquiry into alleged paedophile clerics in the Archdiocese of Dublin to extend its two-year long probe to cover the Diocese of Cloyne, Co Cork. Rejecting the advice of health chiefs who said a further investigation was not needed, Children's Minister Barry Andrews demanded a re-examination of all complaints in the south-west. The beleaguered Bishop of Cloyne John Magee, a former Vatican aide, has faced down repeated calls to resign over his handling of child sex abuse allegations, branded inadequate and dangerous by the church's own watchdog. "It is unacceptable that full and faithful reporting of child sexual abuse allegations should not take place," Mr Andrews said. The minister, who stopped short of calling on Bishop Magee to quit, again said the scandal raised questions over his future as one of Ireland's leading Catholic clerics. "He does have to reflect on the very serious consequences of failures that have patently taken place in the diocese. They have to be taken very seriously," he said. The Commission of Investigation into the Dublin Archdiocese is to complete its investigation of child abuse in the capital's parishes over the last 30 years at the end of this month.
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