In August 2010 , Bishop Daly questioned the report into the 1972 Claudy bombing by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland , Al Hutchinson . According to the report , detectives who investigated the attack , which killed nine people , believed that a priest ( who died in 1980 ) was involved in its preparation . Hutchinson controversially concluded that the Catholic Church , the British government , and senior police officers covered up the allegations , and hampered the detectives ' attempts to investigate them by having the priest moved to a parish in the Republic of Ireland . Daly stood by the priest , stating that he had discussed the matter with him in the 1970s and the priest had vehemently denied any involvement , and he professed that it was " beyond understanding " that the detectives had not arrested and questioned the priest during the original investigation
Claudy bombing
Claudy bombing
Edward Daly (bishop)