NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
By Lesley Houston
Saturday, 19 May 2012
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has denied that he asked Justice Minister David Ford to consult police about the possibility of prosecuting Cardinal Sean Brady.
Sinn Fein has said the MLA and MP instead called on Mr Ford to ensure police co-operated with a cross-border probe into paedophile priest Brendan Smyth’s reign of abuse on children.
Cardinal Brady’s position at the helm of the Catholic Church in Ireland has been in question in recent weeks over his handling of allegations against Smyth in 1975.
Cardinal Brady is accused of failing to act when alerted to abuse allegations when he was a young priest.
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