IRELAND
Donegal Now
A ‘People’s Petition’ launched in Donegal, calling for the resignation of Cardinal Sean Brady, will be presented this week to several organisations including Amnesty International Ireland, One in Four, a charity group granting support to those people who suffered sexual abuse, as well as to appropriate Catholic Church offices.
The petition calls for the Cardinal, who as Primate of All Ireland will preside over the Congress, to ‘do the right thing’ and resign over his alleged failure to report to the relevant authorities multiple cases of child sexual abuse while he was a canon lawyer and a bishopric/diocesan assistant some years ago.
Martin Gallagher from the Falcarragh area of west Donegal – one of scores of children who suffered clerical abuse by pedophile priest, Eugene Greene – and who signed the petition earlier this week, said he was encouraged by the petition and the support he has received from people in Donegal and elsewhere in Ireland.
Mr Gallagher said, “This is an issue that must be highlighted over and over again until something substantial is done about it. So many people suffered – and continue to suffer as a result of this terrible sexual abuse – and until the Catholic Church not only owns up to what was done, but makes comprehensive changes to the system to prevent it ever happening again, then such petitions as these are extremely important. Cardinal Brady should not lead this Congress.”
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