2 more Irish Catholic bishops quit

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2 more Irish Catholic bishops quit over church's coverup of child abuse by Dublin priests
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dec 25, 2009 05:05:23 AM
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DUBLIN, Ireland - Two more Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland say they're resigning in the wake of a damning investigation into decades of church coverup of child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese.

Dublin Bishops Eamonn Walsh and Ray Field offered an apology to child-abuse victims as they announced their resignations during Christmas Mass. Priests read the statement to worshippers throughout the archdiocese, home to a quarter of Ireland's 4 million Catholics.

Earlier this month two other bishops quit after being named as negligent following a government-authorized investigation.

The investigation found that Dublin church leaders spent decades shielding more than 170 pedophile priests from the law, and began providing information to police only in 1995.