<p>Auxiliary Bishops of Dublin Eamonn Walsh and Raymond Field said in a statement they had informed the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, on Christmas eve on Thursday of their intention to quit.<br /><br />Report<br /><br />Four bishops have now resigned following a damning report last month by judge Yvonne Murphy on the Dublin archdiocese — the country’s biggest — that found that the Roman Catholic authorities concealed abuse of children by priests for three decades.<br /><br />“It is our hope that our action may help to bring the peace and reconciliation of Jesus Christ to the victims/survivors of child sexual abuse. We again apologise to them,” Walsh and Field said in their statement.<br /><br />“Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have so bravely spoken out and those who continue to suffer in silence.”</p>
<p>Auxiliary Bishops of Dublin Eamonn Walsh and Raymond Field said in a statement they had informed the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, on Christmas eve on Thursday of their intention to quit.<br /><br />Report<br /><br />Four bishops have now resigned following a damning report last month by judge Yvonne Murphy on the Dublin archdiocese — the country’s biggest — that found that the Roman Catholic authorities concealed abuse of children by priests for three decades.<br /><br />“It is our hope that our action may help to bring the peace and reconciliation of Jesus Christ to the victims/survivors of child sexual abuse. We again apologise to them,” Walsh and Field said in their statement.<br /><br />“Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have so bravely spoken out and those who continue to suffer in silence.”</p>