IRELAND
Herald

Ralph Riegel– 22 February 2013

AN IRISH abuse survivor has said she is “disappointed but not surprised” at the refusal of Cardinal Sean Brady to stay away from next month’s papal conclave.

Christine Buckley, founder of Dublin’s Aislinn Centre, had publicly urged Cardinal Brady not to attend the Vatican vote to decide Pope Benedict XVI’s successor as a gesture towards Irish abuse victims.

She lodged the formal request with Cardinal Brady, the Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin and the Irish Bishops’ Conference.

But Cardinal Brady has now confirmed he will attend the Papal conclave as planned.