IRELAND
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Victims of the paedophile priest Brendan Smyth have said they will be taking legal action against An Garda Síochána.
It follows Wednesday’s claims at the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry that Irish police knew about Smyth’s activities in the early 1970s.
Solicitor Kevin Winters said civil proceedings had been launched because of the “appalling failure” to stop the paedophile priest.
He said: “A number of victims of Smyth’s abuse have asked us to write to the Garda commissioner to find out why they didn’t act on a letter sent to Finglas Garda station in 1973.
“Our clients are shocked to learn that the document didn’t alert the Gardai and the authorities to the very real risk of future abuse by Smyth.”
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