After the Diocese of Ferns received negative feedback for remarks its bishop made earlier about asking parishioners to help with sex abuse settlements, the diocese released a statement today assuring ...

The Diocese of Ferns will see a number of clerical changes in September, following a series of retirements and appointments which were announced this week. The appointments and retirements, which were ...

DUBLIN, Ireland-- The Diocese of Ferns is asking its parishes for additional funds to help cover the cost of legal settlements stemming from cases of clerical child abuse. The diocese paid more than ...

There's a lot of hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth here in Ireland today thanks to the announcement by Bishop Brennan of Ferns that he would be asking Catholics in the diocese to help pay ...

Like the rest of the world, Bishop of Ferns Ger Nash was looking on with great interest as live images from Rome were beamed across the world on Thursday evening. As white smoke billowed and Pope Leo ...

The Bishop of Ferns, Most Rev Denis Brennan, has apologised again for clerical child sex abuse in the diocese. The abuse led to the 2005 report from the statutory Ferns inquiry, which found that ...

Former Bishop of Ferns Brendan Comiskey, who resigned in April 2002 over failing to address allegations of clerical sexual abuse in the diocese, has died aged 89. The allegations resulted in an ...

Victims of abuse in the Diocese of Ferns have accused the church body of “callous and inappropriate” behaviour by sending letters to their homes claiming they would “suffer most” from certain media ...

The full Terms of Reference for The Ferns Inquiry into Clerical Sexual Abuse are: a) To identify what complaints or allegations have been made against clergy operating under the aegis of the Diocese ...

DUBLINDUBLIN — A Roman Catholic diocese at the center of Ireland’s child-abuse scandals appealed Tuesday to its parishioners to cover some of its more than euro10 million ($14 million) in bills to ...