Vatican recalls Irish ambassador over abuse report

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican has recalled its ambassador to Ireland
for "consultations" on the official church response to a government
report that tallied how abuse cases were mishandled as recently as two
years ago.

The extraordinary move to recall the papal nuncio, Monsignor
Giuseppe Leanza, is also meant to show "a certain note of surprise and
regret regarding some excessive reactions" to the report, Vatican
spokesman Rev. Ciro Benedettini said on Monday (July 25).

The government's Cloyne Report detailed sex abuse in the Diocese of
Cloyne as late as 2009.