This is one of eight cases in the period 1994 to 2006 in which false sexual allegations were made against an Irish Bishop.
Retired Bishop of Galway Eamon Casey was accused in 2005 by a middle aged woman of abusing her decades before. She had made similar allegations against other people.
Profile: Eamon Casey: The bishop still seeking sanctuary from his past - December 2005
Abuse Allegation Untrue, Casey Tells Bishop of Killaloe Willie Walsh, Irish Times - December 2005
Bishop Tells of Relief at Abuse Inquiry Outcome, Irish Times - 30 August 2006
Bishop Eamon Casey Still Suspended After Sex Allegations in 2005, Irish Times - February/March 2008
Church Unlikely to let Casey say Public Mass Again, Irish Independent - 18 March 2011