The Archbishop of Tuam has described the Vatican report into the country's four archdioceses as 'hopeful' and 'positive'.
Archbishop Michael Neary was speaking after the reports publication in Rome Tuesday.
The Vatican sent visitation teams to the archdiocese of Tuam, Cashel and Emly, Armagh and Dublin following the release of the Murphy report into clerical child sex abuse.
Canadian Archbishop Terence Prendergast and his assistant Fr.James Conn completed his third and final visit to the Tuam archdiocese last March.
Speaking on Galway Talks, Archbishop Michael Neary says lessons have been learned from the Churches past.