publication of the Murphy Report on 29 November 2009 and the resignation on 17 December of former auxiliary bishop of Dublin and then-Bishop of Limerick, Donal Murray, amid criticism at his handling of allegations against several priests, it was widely expected that Moriarty would resign as Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. The report stated that Moriarty had received a complaint in 1993 about a priest's contact with young children – named in the report as Fr Edmondus – and that no attempt has been made by the archdiocesan governance to check archives or other files relating to Fr Edmondus when this complaint was received. The report added that Moriarty had told the commission that while he did not have access to the archives, he could have asked then-Archbishop Desmond Connell to conduct a search. Moriarty released a statement on 23 December 2009, stating that while the report did not criticise him directly, he fully accepted the overall conclusion of the Commission of Investigation. On the basis that in his capacity as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Dublin, he had failed to challenge the culture of how abuse allegations were handled, he announced that he had offered his resignation to Pope Benedict XVI, which was formally accepted on 22 April 2010. Retirement and death Following his resignation as Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Moriarty served as an assistant priest in Saint Anthony's parish, Clontarf. He died on 26 March 2022 in Cherryfield Lodge Nursing Home, Milltown, Dublin. His funeral Mass took place on 30 March in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow, with burial afterwards in the cathedral grounds. References 1936 births 2022 deaths People from County Dublin 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Roman Catholic bishops of Kildare and Leighlin Auxiliary bishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin Alumni of Clonliffe College Alumni of University College Dublin Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Ecclesiastical passivity to Catholic sexual abuse cases