 Collins reportedly approached Archbishop Desmond Connell in 1995 about the abuse she endured in 1960.Connell told her in 1996 that the archdiocese would not cooperate with the Garda Síochána in the investigation and he refused to confirm the priest's admission to the assaults - despite the Irish bishops' strict guidelines for reporting complaints of clerical child abuse to the civil authorities.Connell apologized in 2002 for his reluctance in 1996 to co-operate.