IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
The Pope himself should have come to Ireland himself following the allegations of child abuse by Irish priests in the 1970s, it has been claimed.
The call came from a contributor to a radio debate in the wake of last night’s revelations that Cardinal Sean Brady knew of cases of abuse by a priests like Father Brendan Smyth.
A BBC investigation found that Cardinal Brady, the primate of all-Ireland, had the names and addresses of those being abused by paedophile priest Brendan Smyth, but did not ensure their safety.
The investigation centres on a secret church inquiry in 1975 when a 14-year-old boy, Brendan Boland was questioned about abuse.
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