IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Lyndsey Telford
Wednesday May 02 2012
THE Vatican’s chief investigator has insisted that Ireland’s most senior cleric has no case to answer over renewed allegations of mishandling of allegations against the paedophile Brendan Smyth.
Monsignor Charles J Scicluna (pictured) defended Cardinal Sean Brady’s role in secret interviews with a 14-year-old victim in 1975 in which he was told it was likely the late priest was abusing five other named children.
The Vatican cleric, from the Holy See’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, claimed the Primate of All-Ireland had fulfilled his duties by referring information on child abuse to his seniors.
Three years ago when explosive allegations about Cardinal Brady’s role in the canon inquiry into Smyth emerged he said he would resign if he found his actions or failings had led to another child being abused.
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