IRELAND
BBC News
Cardinal Sean Brady has said he wants to personally apologise to a man who was abused as a 14-year-old boy by paedophile priest Brendan Smyth.
Cardinal Brady has come under pressure after a BBC documentary.
It accused him of failing to act on abuse allegations when he was a young priest.
He said he had no intention of stepping aside but hoped an assistant – with succession rights – would be quickly appointed to his archdiocese.
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