Brendan Comiskey

Brendan Comiskey (born August 13, 1935), is the Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Ferns.[1] He was born in Clontibret, County Monaghan, Ireland.

He was ordained a priest of the little known Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on 25 June 1961, and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin in 1979.

He was appointed Bishop of Ferns on 4 April 1984.

He resigned on 1 April 2002, over charges that he had failed to deal adequately with allegations that Fr. Seán Fortune and others who were sexually abusing children.[2][3]

  1. ^ Appointments of Bishop Comiskey
  2. ^ "Read Bishop Comiskey's statement of resignation". RTÉ News. 1 April 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Pope accepts Comiskey's resignation". RTÉ News. 6 April 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2011.