IRELAND
Irish Independent
Thursday May 03 2012
NOTORIOUS paedophile priest Brendan Smyth abused 30 or more children in the years after Cardinal Sean Brady failed to report his crimes, a former RUC officer has revealed.
Pressure was growing on Dr Brady to resign today as Barnardo’s chief Fergus Finlay joined the calls for him to step down.
Dr Brady’s position is becoming increasingly untenable after new revelations about his failure to report child rape allegations or inform the parents of some of Smyth’s victims.
The cardinal admitted that there had been nothing to stop him going to civil authorities about accusations against the serial paedophile.
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