The former Cloyne archbishop, John Magee, has returned to Ireland, but gone into hiding.
According to the Irish Independent, Magee visited his retirement property in Mitchelstown, but he is not at the parochial house in the north-Cork town.
The Independent’s sources say he is staying with friends.
While the Irish Police have no plans to contact Magee over the Cloyne Report, his return is expected to renew demands for him to answer questions about his mishandling of the clerical child abuse allegations.
Church spokesman Martin Long said he had nothing further to add to earlier comments of Archbishop Dermot Clifford, who is now running the Cork diocese.
Archbishop Clifford comprehensively dealt with the report publication last month and said he understood that Magee was abroad.
At the time, Clifford said it would have been “helpful” had Magee personally faced the media.
Magee the former archbishop of Cloyne and personal secretary to three popes has not informed the diocese of his future plans.
Sources