IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
By Greg Harkin
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Even 15 years after his death, the malign shadow of Fr Brendan Smyth still haunts the Catholic Church
Cardinal Sean Brady has insisted that he would not resign after fresh claims about his role in the cover-up of abuse by serial paedophile cleric Brendan Smyth.
Documents suggest that he was an investigator into paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth — and not a just a note taker.
The BBC allegations also include claims Cardinal Brady and the Church failed to pass on any warnings to other victims of Smyth, despite accepting the evidence of a victim.
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