IRELAND
The Irish Times
GERRY MORIARTY, DÉAGLÁN de BRÉADÚN and PATSY McGARRY
CARDINAL SEÁN Brady has criticised elements of a BBC documentary about clerical child sex abuse and complained that it “deliberately exaggerated” his role as a member of a 1975 church inquiry team charged with establishing the accuracy of abuse allegations.
The Catholic primate said he would not be standing down over the issue but acknowledged: “I was part of an unhelpful culture of deference and silence in society, and the church, which thankfully is now a thing of the past.”
Asked about the controversy, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said it was a personal matter for Cardinal Brady to “reflect on the outcome of the programme”.
Of the revelations, he said: “That’s why we published the legislation for child guidelines to be put in law. That’s why we make preparations for a referendum in respect of the protection of rights of children.
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