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	Clerical Child Abuse Report Irish Times January 5, 2010 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2010/0105/1224261663515.html IRELAND -- Madam, – Since I am on record as calling for the resignation of the bishops mentioned in the Murphy report (December 3rd), I should have expressly excluded Dr Martin Drennan. The present Bishop of Galway was not found guilty of either negligence or cover-up by the Murphy commission. The one substantial reference to Bishop Drennan in the report (51.1-51.2) indicates that, when he was Auxiliary in Dublin, he acted appropriately in the case in question. The report concludes, "The Archbishop acted correctly in immediately addressing the concerns and suspicions in this case." This amounts, if I am correct, to a recommendation of Bishop Drennan's initial response with regard to a young priest acting suspiciously with young males. Calls for his resignation are unfounded. If I was in any way guilty of inciting such calls, I am sincerely sorry and ask forgiveness. – Yours, etc,
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