Posted: May 04, 2012 4:26 pm
US lawyer abused by Brendan Smyth says Seán Brady should be criminally investigated
Helen McGonigle, an US lawyer who was abused by Fr Brendan Smyth in the 1960s, has called on Cardinal Seán Brady to resign.
Ms McGonigle called for a public criminal investigation into the matter and for the Cardinal to be prosecuted if there is evidence that he failed to report crimes to the police.
The BBC documentary, "The Shame of the Catholic Church", claimed that Cardinal Brady did not pass on information about abuse to families of children involved.
Speaking on RTÉ's News at One, Ms McGonigle accused Cardinal Brady of only thinking in terms of canon law.
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