Ireland: Vatican Rejects Resignations

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  • Author(s): By:THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    New York Times, The (NY), August 12, 2010 Foreign Desk Late Edition - Final, p. 14 1pp
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    • Abstract:
      The archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, left, has told priests that the Vatican has rejected the resignations of two auxiliary bishops who had tendered their resignations after an Irish government report found they were involved in mishandling and covering up cases of child abuse by priests. "Following the presentation of their resignations to Pope Benedict, it has been decided that Bishop Eamonn Walsh and Bishop Raymond Field will remain as auxiliary bishops," Archbishop Martin said this week in a letter to Irish church officials...