VATICAN CITY
Irish Independent

By Garry O’Sullivan
Rome

Saturday October 13 2012

THE VATICAN is set to make Cardinal Sean Brady pay the price of the recent scandals surrounding him by announcing his successor within two months.

The Vatican and the Papal Nuncio, Dr Charles Brown, are advancing plans to replace Dr Brady as Primate of All Ireland.

It’s all part of an effort to finally put two decades of scandal behind the church here.

Senior Vatican sources said his successor — most likely to be a bishop from abroad — will be named before Christmas.

Dr Brady has up to now refused to resign despite the revelations about his mishandling of abuse allegations about the notorious Fr Brendan Smyth.