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DUBLIN (Reuters) – The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, whose career was plagued by scandal over the sexual abuse of children by clergy, said on Friday he had tendered his resignation, confirming his plan to retire on his 75th birthday.
Brady, who turns 75 on Saturday, will leave office once his resignation has been accepted by Pope Francis.
Brady had resisted calls by three of Ireland’s four main parties to resign earlier over the sexual abuse scandal. Last year the Vatican appointed Monsignor Eamon Martin as “coadjutor” to run the day-to-day affairs of the Church in Ireland.
A BBC television documentary in 2012 reported that Brady had failed to warn parents their children were being sexually abused by a priest in 1975 after he had been given the information by one of the victims.
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