Bishop calls for more 'accountability'

Updated: 22:47, Sunday, 3 January 2010

The Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, has called for a new system of accountability for Roman Catholic bishops.

1 of 1 Bishop Willie Walsh Church 'malfunctioning'
Bishop Willie Walsh
Church 'malfunctioning'

Speaking on RTE's Spirit Level programme this evening, Dr Walsh described the current crisis in the church in Ireland as 'a product of a malfunctioning church' and said it was time the accountability of individual bishops was examined.

He said bishops should accept penalties 'appropriate to the seriousness of the failure'.

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