IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Greg Harkin and independent.ie reporters
Friday May 04 2012
ONE of Ireland’s most conservative and respected Catholic theologians has said that Cardinal Sean Brady has lost his moral authority and should resign.
Fr Vincent Twomey has pleaded with the church to reexamine its role and asked where is the humanity to connect with the pain of children who have been abused.
The retired Professor of Moral Theology at Maynooth, told Primetime on RTE 1, that there were issues about the failure to alert parents to other victims of paedophile priest Brendan Smyth, that the church must address.
“For the good of the church, it is really tragic, but I’m afraid I am of the opinion that he should resign,” he said.
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