BISHOP DRENNAN PAINED BY SAD STORIES OF RYAN ABUSE REPORT

Date Published: 22-May-2009

Bishop of Galway Martin Drennan has issued a statement in reaction to the Ryan religious abuse report, and says this is a time to accept the truth of what happened in the past.One of the institutions covered in the report - Salthill Industrial School - is in Bishop Drennan's dioceseHowever, unlike his counterpart in the Tuam diocese Archbishop Neary, Bishop Drennan stops short of making an apology in today's statement.He does say it's not a time for excuses and that the truth accepted will eventually set us free.