IRELAND
Irish Central
Patrick Roberts
Why do Irish media lynch mob want Cardinal Sean Brady to resign?– Brady acted in good faith at the time investigating a notorious pedophile priest
The harsh clamor for the resignation of Cardinal Sean Brady because of his alleged involvement in pedophile cover-up is a mistaken call.
Back in 1987 Brady was given a job to report to the-then Bishop of Cavan, Francis McKiernan on the findings of an ecclesiastical commission on the matter of Father Brendan Smyth, a known and notorious pedophile.
The BBC is now reporting that Brady was more than just a note taker as he claimed, but they do not dispute that he gave a full and complete account of the activities of Smyth to his superiors,
In other words all sides agree that Brady collected the information then passed it on to his superiors.
He acted correctly in that respect. Those higher up who ignored his report and allowed Smyth to keep on abusing did not obviously.
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