Papal Nuncio Giuseppe Leanza has been called back to Rome to discuss the impact of the recent Cloyne Report. The report led to angry condemnation of the Vatican by Prime Minister Enda Kenny in the Irish Parliament. It showed how allegations of sex abuse by priests in Cork had been covered up. Mr Kenny accused the church of putting its reputation ahead of child rape victims.The Vice-director of the Vatican press office Father Ciro Benedettini said the nuncio's recall "should be interpreted as an expression of the desire of the Holy See for serious and effective collaboration with the (Irish) government". He added that it "denotes the seriousness of the situation and the Holy See's desire to face it objectively and determinately. Nor does it exclude some degree of surprise and disappointment at certain excessive reactions."
Irish Deputy Minister Eamon Gilmore said the decision to recall the nuncio was a matter for the Holy See. "The government is awaiting the response of the Holy See to the recent report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne and it is to be expected that the Vatican would wish to consult in depth with the Nuncio on its response."
Messages of support
Last week, Taoiseach Enda Kenny told the Irish parliament that the report into how allegations of sex abuse by priests in Cork had been covered up showed change was urgently needed. "The rape and torture of children were downplayed or 'managed' to uphold instead the primacy of the institution, its power, standing and 'reputation'," the taoiseach said last Wednesday.
At the weekend, the prime minister said he had received thousands of messages of support from around the world - many were from the clergy, he said. He said this reflected the way people felt about the Catholic Church's role on clerical child abuse. Mr Kenny said he was "astounded" at the number of clergy who contacted him after his speech on the Cloyne Report.
Sources include
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14272988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Leanza
http://www.thejournal.ie/full-text-of-taoiseach-enda-kennys-statement-on-cloyne-report/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enda_Kenny
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Ireland
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/07/25/uk-pope-ireland-ambassador-idUKTRE76O19X20110725?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/27852.php?index=27852&lang=en
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/rome-told-priests-to-keep-quiet-about-abuse-2314026.html
http://www.cloynediocese.ie/
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