IRELAND
Irish Examiner
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, has vowed to stay on as he attempted to distance himself from a secret inquiry into one of the country’s most dangerous paedophiles.
Even though he was part of the 1975 investigation into allegations Fr Brendan Smyth had attacked at least five children, the Cardinal blamed superiors for failing to stop the priest abusing children over the next 20 years.
Rejecting growing demands for his resignation, he declared: “There’s no cloaking over or brushing under the carpet.
“We’re not hiding behind procedures. There was no desire on my part to cover up, it was to make sure that this abuse stopped.”
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