Zenit: Dublin Archbishop: Polemics Don't Protect Children

The archbishop of Dublin is calling for all sides to work together in providing a safe environment for children, and to drop the polemics.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said this in a statement released Saturday after the Holy See issued its response to the Cloyne Report, which was published in July.

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Archbishop Martin praised the Vatican response for being "detailed and comprehensive," and for addressing the "broader questions of Church policy on child safeguarding."

"My hope is that it will be understood and received as such and not be an occasion just for added polemics," he said. "Polemics really do very little for the protection of children and the support of survivors."

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin