| Bishop Farrell for Dallas
POPE Benedict has appointed an Irishman Bishop Kevin Farrell to lead
Dallas’s 1million Catholics.
Bishop Farrell succeeds Bishop Charles Grahmann who has retired for age
reasons.
The 59-year-old Dubliner will move from Washington DC where he has been
an auxiliary bishop since 2001.
Nine years ago after a $120million award against his diocese because
of its gross neglect in a clerical sexual abuse case
Bishop Grahmann got permission from the Vatican to sue for bankruptcy.
In the event he did not but ended up paying over $23million to nine former
altar boys who claimed they were abused by Fr. Rudolph Kos.
The diocese ended up selling many valuable properties to fund the payment.
Among Bishop Farrell’s qualifications is a master’s degree
in business and administration from the University of Notre Dame.
His brother Brian is also a Bishop and serves in the Vatican as the number
two official in its Council for Christian Unity.
Both men belong to the Legionaries of Christ order.
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