Éamonn Oliver Walsh (born 1 September 1944) is an Irish former Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Dublin between 1990 and 2019.
[2] Following ordination, Walsh served as dean of Holy Cross College between 1977 and 1985, and subsequently as junior secretary to Kevin McNamara during his archiepiscopacy.
He also served as a member of its Communications Council, and founded the Irish Bishops' Drugs Initiative and the conference's first office for child protection.
He added that "the spin that was put on that yesterday morning [in an article in The Irish Times the previous day by Colm O’Gorman] was most disingenuous and outrageous".
In a joint statement, Walsh and Field expressed their hope that their resignations "may help to bring the peace and reconciliation of Jesus Christ to the victims (and) survivors of child sexual abuse".
In his homily at Midnight Mass, Martin remarked that the Church had placed its self-interest above the rights of its parishioners, particularly innocent children, for too long, adding that they, as well as the dedicated majority of priests, had been betrayed by their leaders.