287:, Bishop Boyce said that the Church was experiencing a testing time, having been rocked by a "secular and godless culture" on the outside and the "sins and crimes of priests" within. Boyce, who promised to publish a report into clerical abuse in his diocese, urged Catholics not to lose confidence in their faith and to act with hope and patience during the current difficult times for the church. He added that "The moment of history we live through in Ireland at present is certainly a testing one for the church and for all of us,” he said. "Attacked from the outside by the arrows of a secular and godless culture, rocked from the inside by the sins and crimes of priests and consecrated people, we all feel the temptation to lose confidence."
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Cathedral will be filled to capacity to witness the 55-year-old Downings man becoming the latest in a long line of Bishops of Raphoe. Monsignor Boyce will be ordained by Archbishop Jorge M. Mejia,
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Diocese, Bishop Boyce duly submitted his resignation to Pope Francis. The Pope accepted his resignation, but asked him to continue until the current bishop,
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Diocese of Raphoe concluded that "significant errors of judgment" were made by successive bishops in responding to the allegations. Boyce said he fully accepted the recommendations contained in the review, which was undertaken by the
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Argentinean Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops in the Vatican, which is the body responsible for the appointment of Bishops. He will be assisted by the Papal Nuncio to Ireland, Dr Emmanuel Gerada and the Bishop of Derry and former Bishop of Raphoe, Most Rev Dr Seamus Hegarty.
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Boyce said he was "truly sorry for the terrible deeds that have been inflicted on so many by a small minority of priests. "We offer our humble apologies once more and seek their forgiveness for the dreadful harm that has been done to them, their families and friends."
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