Church of Ireland bishops call for immediate halt to violence Rioting at Cloughfern in the loyalist Rathcoole area of Newtownabbey on Saturday night. Picture by Alan Lewis, Photopress James Ward, PA 05 April, 2021 11:46 Church of Ireland bishops in Northern Ireland have called for an immediate stop to the violence that has taken place in recent days. Police have been attacked with petrol bombs and other objects as loyalist unrest turned violent in Belfast and Derry throughout the week. In a joint statement on Easter Monday, bishops called for an immediate halt and urged those involved to consider the long-term consequences of their actions.