IRELAND
Irish Examiner
Friday, September 04, 2015
Anne Lucey
The retired bishop of Kerry was punched in the face on a train by a man believed to have been angered by the diocese’s response to child sexual abuse.
It has been confirmed by the diocese that the retired bishop of Kerry, 79-year-old Dr Bill Murphy, was assaulted while travelling with his brother last month on a train from Kerry to Dublin.
Gardaí in Killarney are investigating the attack.
Bishop Murray was said to have been very shaken by the assault, and a passenger in the same carriage came to his assistance
The man, in his 30s, is alleged to have approached Bishop Murphy in a carriage after the train had left Mallow Station on the morning of August 6 and punched him in the face.
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