IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Anyone who did not properly deal with allegations of child abuse against one of Ireland’s most dangerous paedophiles should not hold a position of authority, the deputy prime minister has said.
As Cardinal Sean Brady faced down calls to resign over his role in a secret inquiry into Brendan Smyth, Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore said it was his opinion that senior clerics who did not act at the time should resign.
“It is my personal view that anybody who did not deal with the scale of the abuse that we have seen in this case should not hold a position of authority,” Mr Gilmore said.
The beleaguered Cardinal Sean Brady vowed to remain as Primate of All-Ireland on Wednesday after being forced for a second time in three years to account for his role in a 1975 Church inquiry into Smyth’s attacks on children.
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