Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Sean Brady, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. Cardinal Brady had turned 75 in August and according to Church law, bishops are asked to submit their resignations to the Pope at that stage. The Pope can either accept or reject the resignation. Cardinal Brady, Read more
Survivors of clergy sex abuse have called for the resignation of Ireland’s Cardinal Sean Brady following further disclosure of his role in a cover-up. Brendan Boland’s memoir “Sworn to Secrecy” reproduces for the first time an oath of secrecy that he signed and that the then Fr Brady co-signed in the 1970s. When he was Read more
With controversy still raging over the role of Cardinal Brady in the Brendan Smyth affair, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has called for an independent commission of inquiry into Smyth’s offending and the circumstances around it. Archbishop Martin said “I know it’s not fashionable today to talk about Commissions but I do really believe that Read more