A watchdog group, Bishop Accountability, said it had found scores of clerics with ties to the country who have been publicly accused of sexual abuse. But very few have been disciplined.

As part of the integration work, the service also conducted an important test of a new “smart fuze” for the MOP to help improve the weapon’s effectiveness, even when the exact depth and positioning of the buried target are not definitively known.

The priest, who was leading a prayer service on Tuesday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, was not injured.