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	Archbishop Agrees Deputy Should Have Resigned over Child Protection Guidelines The Newstalk August 24, 2011 http://www.newstalk.ie/2011/news/9archbishop-agress-deputy-should-have-resigned-over-child-protection-guidelines39/ The Archbishop of Cashel and Emly Doctor Dermot Clifford has said the senior priest who was responsible for child protection in the Cloyne diocese should have resigned, after deciding he couldn’t implement child protection guidelines. Monsignor Denis O’Callaghan – who was heavily criticised in the Cloyne report – issued a statement earlier, in which he admitted that he disagreed with the procedures he was supposed to enforce as a child protection delegate. Dr. Dermot Clifford – who’s also the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Cloyne – also issued a statement this evening, saying the Church’s first priority must be child protection. He went on to urge Monsignor O?Callaghan, who’s now retired, to refrain from any further public comment that could cause hurt to victims. Patsy McGarry is the Irish Times’ Religious Affair Correspondent. He says people in Cloyne still have questions to ask of their former Bishop, John Magee.
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