A New Bishop
Pope Benedict XVI today appointed a new Bishop to the benighted Diocese of Ferns. The new Bishop is Rev. Denis Brennan, Parish Priest of Taghmon, County Wexford.
Fr. Brennan (60) is the first new member to be added to the Irish Episcopal Conference by Pope Benedict.
The appointment is particularly sensitive as the Diocese has been rocked by controversy in recent years. The last Bishop, Brendan Comiskey, resigned in disgrace in 2002 after revelations of his mishandling of child abuse by clergy in his diocese, including the notorious Fr. Sean Fortune.
Late last year the findings of a government-sponsored inquiry into clerical sexual abuse in Ferns were published, reigniting the controversy.
The diocese has been governed since 2002 by Apostolic Administrator, Bishop Eamonn Walsh. He is generally regarded as having coped well with an unenviable task. He is a strong candidate to succeed one of the Bishops due to retire this year. I doubt that he will be an auxilliary in Dublin for much longer.
Fr. Brennan (60) is the first new member to be added to the Irish Episcopal Conference by Pope Benedict.
The appointment is particularly sensitive as the Diocese has been rocked by controversy in recent years. The last Bishop, Brendan Comiskey, resigned in disgrace in 2002 after revelations of his mishandling of child abuse by clergy in his diocese, including the notorious Fr. Sean Fortune.
Late last year the findings of a government-sponsored inquiry into clerical sexual abuse in Ferns were published, reigniting the controversy.
The diocese has been governed since 2002 by Apostolic Administrator, Bishop Eamonn Walsh. He is generally regarded as having coped well with an unenviable task. He is a strong candidate to succeed one of the Bishops due to retire this year. I doubt that he will be an auxilliary in Dublin for much longer.
posted by MC at 11:35 a.m.
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