NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
Cardinal Brady apologises to Fr Brendan Smyth’s victims after revelations two teenage boys were asked if they enjoyed abuse they suffered
By Rebecca Black
PUBLISHED
26/06/2015
Two teenage boys abused by Father Brendan Smyth were interrogated by three priests after speaking out, and even asked whether they had enjoyed their sexual abuse.
The harrowing details of how the victims were treated by the Catholic Church was revealed at the Historic Institutional Abuse inquiry (HIAI) sitting at Banbridge courthouse yesterday.
Former head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady (75), issued an “unreserved apology” to all of Fr Smyth’s victims and spoke of his regret at how the situation had been handled.
Giving evidence to the inquiry yesterday, it emerged that Cardinal Brady was present at separate meetings in 1975 with both the boys, aged 14 and 15 years old.
He was then a teacher at St Patrick’s College in Cavan and was acting as notary going under the name Father John Brady.
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