IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Greg Harkin
Monday May 07 2012
THE abbot who moved paedophile priest Brendan Smyth from diocese to diocese but failed to prevent him abusing more children has said Cardinal Sean Brady must share some of the blame.
Father Kevin Smith is, by his own admission, partly responsible for the hundreds of crimes of child rape and abuse committed by Smyth.
But the former head of the Norbertine Order was also spreading the blame at the weekend.
Now 81 and forced out of his position as head of the order to which Smyth belonged, he called for Dr Brady to resign.
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