Ireland Online
March 17, 2010
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/ireland/madden-cardinals-notion-of-careful-reflection-nonsense-450322.html
IRELAND -- Clerical sex abuse victim Andrew Madden has dismissed comments from Cardinal Sean Brady that he will reflect on reaction to his role in the 1975 handling of two abuse cases by serial paedophile Brendan Smyth.
In 1995, Andrew Madden became the first in Ireland to go public with an abuse lawsuit against the Church.
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This morning, Cardinal Brady said: "This is a time for deep prayer and much reflection." He was addressing a congregation in St Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh.
"The notion of careful reflection is nonsense – he's had 35 years to reflect on what he did then," said Mr Madden.
"If the Catholic Church in Ireland is to be led by a man who accurately reflects it in its current state, then maybe it's only right and fitting that it should be led by a man who has covered up the sexual abuse of children by a priest.
"He's either going to go or he's not going to go and if he doesn't, the Catholic Church can't pretend to be serious in any way about the issue of child protection and about reaching out to people who have been abused."
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