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	Abuse Report Findings 'Misread' Corkman November 30, 2009 http://www.corkman.ie/breaking-news/national-news/abuse-report-findings-misread-1959018.html A Catholic bishop has hit out over calls for a colleague to resign in the wake of a report into clerical child sex abuse and cover-ups. Bishop of Killaloe Willie Walsh refused to back growing demands for senior clergy named and shamed to stand down and claimed damning findings were being misread. Pressure has mounted for Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray to resign after an inquiry into the handling of child abuse cases in the Dublin Archdiocese branded his failure to investigate a paedophile priest inexcusable. But Bishop Walsh said: "I do know that there has been gross misreading of the Dublin report in relation to Bishop Murray. There has been very serious misreading of that." Judge Yvonne Murphy found hundreds of child abuse allegations were covered up by senior churchmen over a 30-year period because they were obsessed with secrecy and upholding the reputation of the Church. Amid calls for his resignation, Bishop Murray told parishioners in Limerick on Sunday that he would be a guided by the priests and people of his diocese. Rank-and-file clergy, survivors of abuse and opposition politicians have said churchmen implicated in the report who still hold a position of power should resign. Defence Minister and Limerick TD Willie O'Dea said he was sure that Bishop Murray, who he knows personally, was examining his position and would take the appropriate action. But Taoiseach Brian Cowen refused to be drawn into the controversy and said it was for institutions and their members to determine the appropriateness of any individual to hold ecclesiastical office. Bishops have also refused to call for resignations.
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