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Benedict XVI has nominated Eamon Martin as coadjutor (assistant) Archbishop of Armagh: He will succeed Cardinal Brady who was found to have covered up abuse cases
Vatican Insider staff
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Benedict XVI has appointed Mgr. Eamon Martin as new coadjutor (assistant) Archbishop of Armagh, in Northern Ireland. 51-year-old Mgr. Martin became Diocesan Administrator of Derry, after the previous bishop Mgr. Seamus Hegarty resigned in 2011. As the new coadjutor, Martin will become the successor of the current Archbishop of Armagh, Cardinal Sean Brady, and as such is in line to become the next Primate of the Irish Catholic Church.
The new coadjutor archbishop’s appointment comes after repeated requests were made for Brady’s resignation because he had kept quiet about cases of sex abuse committed by priests against minors. The cardinal himself admitted to the cover-ups.
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