IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
By Gail Walker
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Why doesn’t he just go? Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Martin McGuinness and, crucially, the people want Cardinal Sean Brady to resign. But His Eminence hangs on. Desperately. Counting angels on the top of the pin. A mere humble note taker, he says he did nothing wrong during the investigation into paedophile priest Father Brendan Smyth.
Actually, he did absolutely nothing (apart from forcing Smyth’s victims to keep their testimony silent, of course) and consequently many children were raped, abused and forced to endure the anguish of the damned. The investigating panel must have known this was a possible outcome, but instead it seems the policy was to let Smyth go on his merry way and hope for the best.
Did they inform the police about the alleged abuse? No. Did they inform parents of the victims? No.
Did they warn the congregations of parishes that Smyth was shipped to that a child rapist was in their midst? No.
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