Former Catholic primate faced criticism over role in meeting Smyth victims. Clerics involved in investigating child sex abuse
were bound to secrecy so the Catholic church’s “good name” could be
protected, Cardinal Sean Brady has claimed.
Sean Brady, who retired on reaching the age of 75 as Archbiship of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland last year, was giving evidence to the Historical Abuse Inquiry (HIA) in Banbridge, Co Down. He said: “These were unspeakable crimes. “There was a confidentiality resting upon us too.”