The nuncio has not conspired or interfered with laws, concealed a crime, and there is not 'sufficient evidence' in this report to show this. I wonder if he as he actually read the report, because as far as I can see, reading the report (its available on the internet) the report demomstartes incompetance more than 'systematic law breaking' and it is not apparent that the Vatican is engaed in a cover up. The hysterics regarding the so called 'study document', the Framework document, did contain recomendations that did not adhere to canon which would lead to the undermining of a case if it went to prosecution. The Nuncios famous letter, being misquoted in the press of late, merely highlights this. We need to be clear that that letter doesn not demonstrate that the Vatican was involved in a conspiracy to cover up abuse cases but shows concern for these factors which would discredit the processes established to deal with abuse cases. The medias theory that Vatican is involved in a conspiracy is itself without merit, as is Enda Kennys public rant last week.

Although this report, as the others, has shown serious errors and misjudgements, particularly in the Cloyne report becuase it involves events so recent, but it does not demonstrate a wholesale Catholic conspiracy. I think it is important for all of us, if any ground is to going to be made in this situation, that we keep a blanced approach and avoid media hyped rhetoric and polemic. This approach is unhelpful and disengenuous.

Irish parliamentarian Charles Flanagan of Fine Gael (centre-right party) speaks about his call for the expelling of the Papal Nuncio from Ireland with radio presenter Will Faulkner on local radio station Midlands 103. During the discussion, the Catholic doctrine on lying “mental reservation” is mentioned. Cloyne, Murphy and Ryan are Irish government commissioned reports on Catholic child abuse, and the “Garda Síochána” is the Irish police service.