IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
Abuse victim urges Pope to sack head of Catholic Church in Ireland Sean Brady over his handling of allegations
BY STAFF REPORTER – 08 JULY 2014
A survivor of clerical sex abuse has asked the Pope to stand down the Archbishop of Armagh as the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Irish woman Marie Kane was one of six victims of abuse who met Pope Francis during his first meeting with survivors yesterday.
The Pontiff promised to hold bishops accountable for the protection of minors and begged forgiveness from the victims of abuse.
The Pope celebrated a Mass with the six survivors at his Vatican hotel but in his homily he did not spell out whether that accountability would include firing bishops and other prelates who shuffled paedophile priests between parishes to avoid bringing shame upon the Catholic Church.
Victims’ advocacy groups around the world have pressed the Vatican for decades to severely discipline any complicit Church hierarchy.
Ms Kane (43) said she asked Francis to remove all-Ireland primate Cardinal Sean Brady from his post because of how he handled abuse allegations.
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