Cardinal apology to abuse victim
The leader of the Catholic church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, has apologised to a victim of paedophile priest Brendan Smyth. Brendan Boland was among those targeted by the predatory sex attacker in 1975.
BBC documentary uncovered new revelations in 1975 Ireland child abuse case
A BBC documentary has uncovered new revelations about an internal church investigation into clerical child sex abuse in 1975.
It said a teenage boy who had been sexually abused by Fr Brendan Smyth gave the names and addresses of other children who were at risk from the paedophile priest to Cardinal Brady, then a 36-year-old priest.
He passed the allegations to his superiors but did not inform police or the children's parents. Fr Smyth continued to sexually assault one of the boys for a year after that.
He also abused the boy's sister for seven years, and four of his cousins, up until 1988.
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