IRELAND
The Guardian (United Kingdom)
Henry McDonald in Dublin
guardian.co.uk, Monday 7 May 2012
The embattled leader of Ireland’s Catholics, Cardinal Sean Brady, has issued a public apology to a man who revealed that he failed to report to police and parents a list of children who were being abused by a notorious paedophile priest.
But one victim has denounced the move, saying it was part of a survival strategy by Brady and the Irish Catholic hierarchy.
Andrew Madden, an abuse victim who detailed his ordeal at the hands of a north Dublin priest in his book Altar Boy, said Brady’s apology to Brendan Boland should not be used to help keep the cardinal in his position.
Madden said: “Ultimately it’s up to Brendan Boland to decide what he thinks of the apology, but it looks like a very self-serving one now that he is in so much trouble.
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