Galway Diocese urged to move disgraced Bishop Eamonn Casey’s remains

Galway Diocese urged to move disgraced Bishop Eamonn Casey’s remains

DUBLIN (IRELAND)
National Catholic Reporter [Kansas City MO]

March 17, 2025

By Sarah Mac Donald

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The Galway Diocese has not yet decided if the remains of disgraced Irish Bishop Eamonn Casey will be removed from the crypt of Galway Cathedral, where he was laid to rest in 2017. Casey resigned as bishop of Galway in 1992 when it became public that he had fathered a child; he was removed from public ministry in 2007 after he was accused of sexual abuse. 

Many Catholics in Ireland have called for Casey’s body to be disinterred from the cathedral crypt following the July 2024 broadcast of the RTÉ/Irish Mail documentary, “Bishop Casey’s Buried Secrets.” The film alleged that the Vatican had earlier investigated Casey over child abuse allegations concerning multiple  people, including his niece, Patricia Donovan. At least two of the alleged victims were minors. Those allegations, nor the reason Casey was removed from public ministry, were not made public at the time.