IRELAND
Irish Independent
Sarah MacDonald
Published 21/07/2014
REVELATIONS concerning Cardinal Sean Brady’s involvement in a 1975 canonical inquiry into Fr Brendan Smyth’s abuse of Brendan Boland have sparked fresh calls for the Catholic Church’s most senior churchman to stand down.
Marie Kane, who was one of six survivors who met Pope Francis two weeks ago in the Vatican, has threatened to write again to the Pope if Dr Brady does not offer his resignation.
Speaking to the Irish Independent, Ms Kane said Mr Boland’s book “confirms the conversation I had with Pope Francis and the issues I raised” regarding “cover-ups and secrecy in the Irish church”.
“This is a book Pope Francis really needs to read,” she said as she called on Dr Brady to make a statement.
However, the Catholic Communications Office in Maynooth declined to comment on the book’s contents.
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