Liam Byrne replacing Hazel Blears, one of the highest-profile roles in the government outside the cabinet. However, just a fortnight later Home Secretary John Reid moved him to the immigration role, switching portfolios with Tony McNulty. McNulty had been connected with the foreign prisoners scandal that caused Tony Blair to sack Charles Clarke in May 2006. Byrne's move was seen as an attempt by Reid to establish an entirely new team to sort out the immigration system. During this period he was also Minister for the West Midlands. Gordon Brown named him Minister for the Cabinet Office in October 2008, replacing the
Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic diocese of Davenport Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic diocese of Davenport The sexual abuse scandal in Davenport diocese is one of a number of Catholic sex abuse cases in the United States and Ireland. The decision was driven by many claims which focused on Bishop Lawrence Soens, who was accused of fondling as many as 15 students during his tenure as priest and principal at Regina Catholic High School in Iowa City during the 1960s. Soens denies the allegations. In February 2006, the Diocese of Davenport investigative panel found behavior that may have been inappropriate, but it did not appear to be