Irish response to the pope's letter
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/mar/22/pope-letter-ireland-abuse
Last week, it was revealed that the head of the Irish Roman Catholic church, Cardinal Sean Brady, had as a young priest taken statements from two boys abused by notorious paedophile priest Brendan Smyth. While Brady acted swiftly, and within weeks his bishop had removed the right to practise as a priest from Smyth, the fact that Brady had not reported the case to the police, and had demanded an oath of secrecy from the boys, was seen as a possible case for resignation 35 years later.
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