Pope strips 2 priests of position in church
Dublin, Ireland -- Pope John Paul II has defrocked two Catholic priests convicted of sexually abusing children in Ireland, an unprecedented move in this predominantly Catholic nation, church officials confirmed yesterday.
"The diocese confirms that two priests, previously convicted of child sexual abuse, have been dismissed from the clerical state," said the Rev. John Carroll, the spokesman for the southeast Ferns diocese, which has been hit hard by sex-abuse scandals.
The church declined to identify either man, but only two priests from the Ferns diocese have been convicted of such abuse: Donal Collins and James Doyle. Collins received a four-year sentence in 1998 for abusing several boys; Doyle received a one-year suspended sentence in 1990 for abusing one boy.
Read the article at JournalNow.com dated Friday, December 17, 2004
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"The diocese confirms that two priests, previously convicted of child sexual abuse, have been dismissed from the clerical state," said the Rev. John Carroll, the spokesman for the southeast Ferns diocese, which has been hit hard by sex-abuse scandals.
The church declined to identify either man, but only two priests from the Ferns diocese have been convicted of such abuse: Donal Collins and James Doyle. Collins received a four-year sentence in 1998 for abusing several boys; Doyle received a one-year suspended sentence in 1990 for abusing one boy.
Read the article at JournalNow.com dated Friday, December 17, 2004
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