The Irish government ordered a new investigation Jan. 7 into how a Roman Catholic bishop mishandled complaints against sexually abusive priests in his diocese. The decision by Children's Minister Barry Andrews raised pressure on Bishop John Magee to resign, but he vowed instead to cooperate with the new probe, the third involving his southwest Irish diocese of Cloyne. Magee apologized last month after a church-appointed investigator found that he failed to tell police promptly or fully about allegations against two priests since 1995. Andrews said the bishop appeared to have obstructed that investigation and had offered misleading accounts to investigators from a second, government-ordered audit. (AP)
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