Most of the clerics in the Ferns inquiry report were not named but given pseudonyms from the Greek alphabet, such as Fr Alpha, Fr Beta and Fr Gamma.
The device was used to reduce confusion, and to make the report more clearly readable.
The idea of using Greek titles is to enable readers to keep track of individual priests throughout the report.
The report is broken up into different chapters, and the specific priest can therefore be readily identified in each chapter through his Greek alphabet title.
