IRELAND
West Cork Times
by Stephen Johnson
THE Diocese of Kerry has confirmed reports that retired Kerry Bishop Bill Murphy was attacked and punched while traveling on a train to Dublin last month by a man claiming that the Diocese had not responded adequately to complaints of child sexual abuse.
Reports say that a man in his 30s approached Bishop Murphy, 79, in a carriage after the train had left Mallow Station, and punched him in the face.
A male passenger sitting in the same carriage intervened and asked the man to leave the Bishop alone. After the exchange, the alleged attacker was escorted from the train by Iarnród Eireann staff. Gardaí were waiting on the platform in Heuston Station to arrest him.
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