NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
Northern Ireland’s Historical Abuse Inquiry has begun focusing on the activities of paedophile priest Brendan Smyth.
The (HIA) inquiry is examining whether systemic failings allowed Smyth – a member of the Norbertine order – to perpetrate the abuse over more than four decades.
The inquiry is sitting at Banbridge Courthouse in Co Down.
Today the inquiry is due to hear from Fr William Fitzgerald – a member of the Norbertine order.
Smyth died from a heart attack in prison in the Republic of Ireland in August 1997.
His abuse has already been described by a number of witnesses who have previously given evidence to the inquiry.
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