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| Brady at abuse cover-up meetings | Brady at abuse cover-up meetings |
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| The Irish Catholic primate, Cardinal Sean Brady, has said he was at meetings when two alleged victims of Fr Brendan Smyth signed an oath of silence. | The Irish Catholic primate, Cardinal Sean Brady, has said he was at meetings when two alleged victims of Fr Brendan Smyth signed an oath of silence. |
| The complaints of abuse by the two teenagers were investigated by Cardinal Brady in his capacity as secretary to the Bishop of Kilmore in 1975. | The complaints of abuse by the two teenagers were investigated by Cardinal Brady in his capacity as secretary to the Bishop of Kilmore in 1975. |
| Cardinal Brady said he had been following his bishop's orders and there were no guidelines for dealing with such investigations at that time. | Cardinal Brady said he had been following his bishop's orders and there were no guidelines for dealing with such investigations at that time. |
| Fr Smyth was a notorious child abuser. | Fr Smyth was a notorious child abuser. |
| He is believed to have abused at least 20 children over a 40 year period and was convicted of more than 90 offences. | |
| For a period, he was based in Kilnacrott Abbey, County Cavan, which is in the diocese of Kilmore, and was buried there when he died in 1997. | |
| Delays in processing an extradition warrant for Fr Smyth from Northern Ireland in 1994 caused the collapse of the Fianna Fail/Labour coalition government in the Irish Republic. | |
| A campaigner for victims of clerical child abuse in Ireland, Colm O'Gorman, said Cardinal Brady should resign following the admission that he had represented the church at the meetings. | |
| A statement from Cardinal Brady's office said he had believed the complaints he received and had provided the information he received to his then bishop, Dr Francis McKiernan. | A statement from Cardinal Brady's office said he had believed the complaints he received and had provided the information he received to his then bishop, Dr Francis McKiernan. |
| "In 1975, Fr Sean Brady, as he then was, was the part-time secretary to the then Bishop of Kilmore, the late Bishop Francis McKiernan," the statement said. | "In 1975, Fr Sean Brady, as he then was, was the part-time secretary to the then Bishop of Kilmore, the late Bishop Francis McKiernan," the statement said. |
| "At the direction of Bishop McKiernan, Fr Brady attended two meetings: in the Dundalk meeting Fr Brady acted as recording secretary for the process involved and in the Ballyjamesduff meeting he asked the questions and recorded the answers given. | "At the direction of Bishop McKiernan, Fr Brady attended two meetings: in the Dundalk meeting Fr Brady acted as recording secretary for the process involved and in the Ballyjamesduff meeting he asked the questions and recorded the answers given. |
| "At those meetings the complainants signed undertakings, on oath, to respect the confidentiality of the information gathering process. As instructed, and as a matter of urgency, Fr Brady passed both reports to Bishop McKiernan for his immediate action." | "At those meetings the complainants signed undertakings, on oath, to respect the confidentiality of the information gathering process. As instructed, and as a matter of urgency, Fr Brady passed both reports to Bishop McKiernan for his immediate action." |