Church regrets row over donations

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BBC

The Bishop of Derry has said he regrets the "disquiet" caused by paying parishioners' money into a fund for victims of clerical sex abuse.

Dr Seamus Hegarty made the statement after parishioners complained donations were being put into a fund compensating victims of paedophile priests.

Parishioners were angry their money was being paid into the Stewardship Trust without their knowledge.

The revelations were made in BBC NI's Spotlight programme on Tuesday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4293455.stm

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1. "The Church" continues to show evidence of poor judgement.

Was it really impossible to anticipate that this would cause an uproar?