IRELAND
The Journal
FORMER ARCHBISHOP OF Dublin Desmond Connell has died after a long illness.
He was 90.
Connell was Archbishop of Dublin from to 1988 until 2004 and Cardinal since 2001.
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said that Cardinal Connell, who had been ill for some time, passed away peacefully during the night in his sleep.
His handling of clerical sexual abuse cases was widely criticised, leading to his replacement by Diarmuid Martin in 2004.
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