Dublin’s Catholic Archbishop Pays Tribute to Priest Who ‘Sacrificed Himself to Save His Secretary’

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Locals said that the 72-year-old priest pushed the woman to safety when a bus veered towards them in Monkstown, a village in County Cork, on Aug. 3.


DUBLIN, Ireland — The Catholic archbishop of Dublin paid tribute on Wednesday to an Irish priest who died after reportedly pushing his secretary out of the way of an oncoming bus.

Archbishop Dermot Farrell told RTÉ’s News at One on Aug. 4 that the death of Fr. Con Cronin marked a “very sad day.”

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Dublin’s Catholic Archbishop Pays Tribute to Priest Who ‘Sacrificed Himself to Save His Secretary’