The former Bishop of Ferns and Clontibret native, Bishop Brendan Comiskey has died at the age of 89.
Bishop Comiskey resigned following the findings of the Ferns Report into child sex abuse in 2002.
He resigned over claims that he didn't report allegations that Fr Sean Fortune had abused a number of children.
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The Monaghan native retreated from public life following the publication of the damning report which outlined a catalogue of child sex abuse in the diocese over a period of forty years.
Religious affairs correspondent with the Irish Times, Patsy McGarry, says he tried to keep out of the limelight following the revelations.
