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| Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry: Cardinal Sean Brady arrives to give evidence | |
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| The former leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has arrived at a public inquiry into abuse by the paedophile priest, Fr Brendan Smyth. | |
| Cardinal Seán Brady will address Northern Ireland's Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry about a "secret" church inquiry into Smyth's behaviour in 1975. | Cardinal Seán Brady will address Northern Ireland's Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry about a "secret" church inquiry into Smyth's behaviour in 1975. |
| The senior cleric has already provided a statement to the inquiry. | The senior cleric has already provided a statement to the inquiry. |
| He has admitted that he now recognises that the church inquiry was flawed. | He has admitted that he now recognises that the church inquiry was flawed. |
| Smyth was at the centre of one of the first clerical child sex abuse scandals to rock the Catholic Church in Ireland. | Smyth was at the centre of one of the first clerical child sex abuse scandals to rock the Catholic Church in Ireland. |
| The inquiry heard on Monday that Smyth admitted he could have abused hundreds of children. | The inquiry heard on Monday that Smyth admitted he could have abused hundreds of children. |
| He was convicted in the 1990s of more than 100 indecent assaults against children, in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, over a 40-year period. | He was convicted in the 1990s of more than 100 indecent assaults against children, in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, over a 40-year period. |
| He died in prison in 1997 after a heart attack. | He died in prison in 1997 after a heart attack. |
| The inquiry, led by retired judge Sir Anthony Hart, is examining child abuse allegations in church, state and voluntary children's residential institutions dating back to 1922. | The inquiry, led by retired judge Sir Anthony Hart, is examining child abuse allegations in church, state and voluntary children's residential institutions dating back to 1922. |