Brendan Comiskey

Brendan Comiskey (born August 13, 1935), is the Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Ferns. He was born in Clontibret, County Monaghan, Ireland. He was ordained a priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on 25 June 1961, and appointed Bishop of Ferns on 4 April 1984. He had served as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin since 1979. He resigned on 1 April 2002, over charges that he had failed to deal adequately with allegations that Fr. Seán Fortune and others were sexually abusing children.