sex party at St Mary's Cathedral. As part of the investigation into the resignation of Byrne, the Church was looking into claims one of his priests invited worshippers to a party in his quarters attached to the cathedral during lockdown. The priest, Michael McCoy, dean of the cathedral, killed himself four days after finding out he was being investigated by police for child sexual abuse. In a letter seen by The Sunday Times Malcolm McMahon, archbishop of Liverpool, who is leading the investigation into the circumstances surrounding Byrne's resignation, said he has been asked by the pope’s advisers to prepare “an in-depth report into the events leading up to Bishop Byrne’s resignation”. See also Catholic Church in England References Oratorian bishops 1956 births Living people 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in England People educated at St Bede's College, Manchester Alumni of King's College London Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas alumni Roman Catholic bishops of Hexham and Newcastle English Roman Catholic bishops