Pope
Benedict and Irish bishops will hold two days of meeting on Monday and
Tuesday over the vast pedophilia scandal that has rocked the Church in
devoutly Roman Catholic Ireland. Following are details of some of the major abuse scandals that have rocked the Roman Catholic Church around the world.
* IRELAND - April 2002 - Bishop Brendan Comiskey of Ferns, one of Ireland's best-known clerics, resigned over his handling of charges against a priest of his diocese who committed suicide in 1999 while facing 66 charges of sexual abuse.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/14/us-pope-irish-factbox-idUSTRE61D15620100214
* IRELAND - April 2002 - Bishop Brendan Comiskey of Ferns, one of Ireland's best-known clerics, resigned over his handling of charges against a priest of his diocese who committed suicide in 1999 while facing 66 charges of sexual abuse.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/14/us-pope-irish-factbox-idUSTRE61D15620100214