‘Hard to believe that evidence has simply vanished and that no one can remember’
He was speaking at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Dublin at the Holy Thursday Chrism Mass which traditionally focuses on the ministry of priests and renewal of their commitment. “We have great priests and we need to foster future vocations to the priesthood to serve the people of God in this growing and changing diocese,” he said.
The archdiocese had “experienced the dramatic effects of the crisis of sexual abuse. We move forward, not whitewashing the past, but recognising how our parish communities have responded with great dedication putting into place and supporting child protection structures of which we can be rightly proud.”
Consultations with the people indicated “a clear consensus about the way forward involving both a need and a desire to form new co-operation between priests and all the baptised . . . We are on the right road,” he said.
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