Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray has said he has a clear conscience about his role in relation to the activities of a number of abusing priests in the Dublin Archdiocese when he was Auxiliary Bishop there. However, in his first media interview since the publication of the Murphy report, he told the Limerick Leader newspaper that the one case that caused him 'constant anguish' was that of Fr Thomas Naughton.
He said he had apologised to people in Donnycarney, Ringsend and Valleymount in 2002, and said that he was unable to do more about the activities of this priest.
Bishop Murray said he was now in a 'listening process' and would gauge the opinion of the Diocese of Limerick and public opinion nationwide.
He added that he wanted to hear in particular from the victims in Dublin.
He said he would listen to what people had to say but he still had to make his own decision about whether he could be Bishop in Limerick in the light of all this.
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin's has challenged ten serving and retired bishops to explain whether they should resign in light of their handling of clerical child sexual abuse while they were prelates in Dublin.
The interview with Donal Murray was published in yesterday's Limerick Leader.
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