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Irish Catholic leader won't quit for abuse coverup
AP Monday, March 15, 2010 7:58:00 PM CET | info 
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Entities: Maeve Lewis[1]; Pope Benedict XVI[2]; Diarmuid Martin[1]; Seán Brady[1]; Roisin Shortall[1]; Rino Fisichella[1];
Quotes in this article
Seán Brady said: "Yes, I knew that these were crimes," "But I did not feel that it was my responsibility to denounce the actions of Brendan Smyth to the police. Now I know with hindsight that I should have done more, but I thought at the time I was doing what I was required to do"
DUBLIN (AP) -- Ireland's senior Roman Catholic, Cardinal Sean Brady, said Monday he would not resign despite admitting he helped the church collect evidence against a child-molesting priest - and never told police about the crimes.......
bbc Monday, March 15, 2010 7:19:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Georg Ratzinger[1]; Seán Brady[1];
Other categories: Culture;
BBC Northern Ireland religious affairs presenter William Crawley considers the continuing impact of Catholic child abuse scandals in Ireland and beyond. The BBC Northern Ireland radio phone-in show I hosted on Monday received a record number of texts as we debated Cardinal Sean Brady's position....
Support groups call on Seán Brady to resign
RTERadio Monday, March 15, 2010 7:01:00 PM CET | info [other]
Support groups for rape victims have joined calls for the resignation of Cardinal Seán Brady over the Brendan Smyth case....
Action 35 years ago 'could have saved abuse victims'
irish-news Monday, March 15, 2010 6:54:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Seán Brady[1];
Quotes in this article
Seán Brady said: “Yes, I knew that these were crimes, but I did not feel that it was my responsibility to denounce the actions of Brendan Smyth to the police”
Child rape victims today said they could have been saved from a paedophile priest if the current head of the Catholic Church in Ireland had taken action when he learned of the attacks 35 years ago....
Irish Catholic leader won’t quit after cover-up
msnbc Monday, March 15, 2010 6:45:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Pope Benedict XVI[2]; Diarmuid Martin[1]; Seán Brady[1]; Rino Fisichella[1];
Quotes in this article
Seán Brady said: "Yes, I knew that these were crimes," "But I did not feel that it was my responsibility to denounce the actions of Brendan Smyth to the police. Now I know with hindsight that I should have done more, but I thought at the time I was doing what I was required to do"
Ireland's senior Roman Catholic, Cardinal Sean Brady, says he would not resign despite admitting he never told police about a child-molesting priest....
Head of Catholic Church drawn into sex abuse row
euronews-en Monday, March 15, 2010 5:30:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Pope Benedict XVI[1]; Seán Brady[3];
There have been calls for the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland to resign due to claims he was involved in the cover-up of widespread sex abuse by a paedophile priest. It is alleged that, when Cardinal Sean Brady was a Bishop’s secretary in the 1970’s, he was present at meetings where two.......
Call for abuse inquiry to cover all dioceses
RTERadio Monday, March 15, 2010 5:01:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Colm O'Gorman[1];
Abuse victim Marie Collins has called for the remit of the Murphy Commission to be extended to every diocese in the country, following the revelations relating to Cardinal Sean Brady....
Irish cardinal refuses to quit amid court case over paedophilia 'cover-up'
guardian Monday, March 15, 2010 4:41:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Pope Benedict XVI[2]; Georg Ratzinger[1]; Patrick Walsh[1]; Seán Brady[1]; Charles Scicluna[1];
Quotes in this article
Seán Brady said: "Frankly I don't believe that this is a resigning matter,"
Victim sues Irish Catholic church leader Sean Brady over role in Brendan Smyth secret tribunal Ireland's most senior Catholic cleric tonight faced down calls to resign after revealing that he was at a secret tribunal where sex abuse victims were made to take an oath of silence....
Irish Catholic Church head 'will not resign' over paedophile silence
thetimes Monday, March 15, 2010 3:18:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Seán Brady[1];
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland said today that he would resign only if ordered to do so by the Pope over revelations that he did not report to police allegations made by two children against a paedophile priest....
Calls for cardinal to resign over sex abuse secrecy
smh Monday, March 15, 2010 2:51:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Maeve Lewis[1]; Albert Reynolds[1]; Colm O'Gorman[1]; Seán Brady[1];
Quotes in this article
Colm O'Gorman said: ''What is obscene … is that these victims of rape and abuse by Brendan Smyth were required to sign oaths of secrecy,''
DUBLIN: Ireland's most senior Catholic cleric has rejected calls to quit after being accused of trying to cover up allegations of sex abuse by a notorious pedophile priest in the 1970s....
Abuse victim wants Irish cardinal to quit
bbc Monday, March 15, 2010 2:33:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Colm O'Gorman[1]; Seán Brady[1];
Quotes in this article
Seán Brady said: "There was no cover up, I believed those people. I brought what I heard to the bishop,"
Colm O'Gorman said: "He believed that this out of control paedophile [Smyth] had abused children and he did nothing to report this crime to the police either then, or it would appear, at any point over the next 20 years during which Smyth continued to rape and abuse in parishes across the world with near impunity," "Instead he took part in a cover-up of Smyth's crimes and swore his child victims to secrecy,"
A sex abuse victim calls on the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, to resign over a disgraced cleric....
Cardinal refuses to quit over abuser 'cover-up'
guardian Monday, March 15, 2010 2:11:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Pope Benedict XVI[4]; Georg Ratzinger[2]; Patrick Walsh[1]; Seán Brady[1]; Charles Scicluna[1];
Quotes in this article
Seán Brady said: "Frankly I don't believe that this is a resigning matter,"
Victim sues Irish Catholic church leader Sean Brady over role in Brendan Smyth secret tribunal Ireland's most senior Catholic cleric tonight faced down calls to resign after revealing that he was at a secret tribunal where sex abuse victims were made to take an oath of silence....
Brady ignores calls to step down
theirishworld Monday, March 15, 2010 1:28:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Colm O'Gorman[1]; Seán Brady[1];
Cardinal Seán Brady has reiterated that he will not resign following the release of new information about how he dealt with paedophile priest Brendan Smyth. By Shelley Marsden - 15/03/10 Speaking to RTÉ News this morning, he said it was not a matter of resigning, and rejected the notion that his.......
Cardinal will step down if told to do so by Pope
irish-independent Monday, March 15, 2010 1:19:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Seán Brady[1];
The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, facing calls to resign over revelations that he did not report complaints against a paedophile priest to police, said today that he will only step down if told to by the Pope....
iafrica Monday, March 15, 2010 1:08:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Federico Lombardi[1]; Georg Ratzinger[1]; Pope Benedict XVI[3]; Wolfgang Thierse[1]; Christian Weisner[1];
Quotes in this article
Christian Weisner told: "is the worst possible communication strategy thinkable,"
Christian Weisner added (about Pope Benedict XVI) : "Many Catholics who are faithful to the Church regret the fact that Benedict XVI has failed to express a single word of sympathy,"
Wolfgang Thierse said: "The Church's credibility has been badly shaken,"
German Catholic groups are unhappy about the Pope's silence over a paedophilia priest scandal....
Scandal Widens: Pope Remains Silent as Abuse Allegations Hit Close to Home
spiegel-en Monday, March 15, 2010 12:56:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Ursula Raue[1]; Pope Benedict XVI[5]; Annette Schavan[1]; Robert Zollitsch[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger[2]; Christina Schröder[1]; Thomas Mayer[1];
Quotes in this article
Thomas Mayer says: "Ratzinger was extremely choleric and quick-tempered during choir practice,"
Thomas Mayer says: "that even his false teeth fell out,"
Allegations of sexual abuse in the German Catholic Church continue to surface. Questions have been raised about what Pope Benedict XVI may have known about specific incidents of abuse and his brother, Georg Ratzinger, is also under fire. The pope, however, has so far remained silent....
Cardinal steps up quit call defence
belfasttelegraph Monday, March 15, 2010 12:01:00 PM CET | info [other]
Entities: Colm O'Gorman[1]; Seán Brady[1];
The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, facing calls to resign over revelations that he did not report complaints against a paedophile priest to police, has said that he will only step down if told to by the Pope....
German Catholics upset by Pope's 'silence'
RTERadio Monday, March 15, 2010 11:59:00 AM CET | info [other]
Entities: Federico Lombardi[1]; Georg Ratzinger[1]; Pope Benedict XVI[3]; Wolfgang Thierse[1]; Christian Weisner[1];
German Catholic groups hit out today at what they see as the German-born Pope's silence over a snowballing paedophilia priest scandal....
Brady: Only the Pope can tell me to go
irish-news Monday, March 15, 2010 11:50:00 AM CET | info [other]
Entities: Seán Brady[1];
The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, facing calls to resign over revelations that he did not report complaints against a paedophile priest to police, said today that he will only step down if told to by the Pope....
Vatican Defends Pope's Handling Of Sex Abuse Scandal
NPRnews Monday, March 15, 2010 11:48:00 AM CET | info [other]
Entities: Linda Wertheimer[1];
New allegations of child abuse by Catholic clerics in Germany are threatening to engulf the church there. Since the first media reports emerged in January, hundreds of Germans have come forward to say they were physically or sexual abused by priests or monks. The victims say their complaints were dismissed or ignored by the church hierarchy....
Cardinal steps up quit call defence
channel4news Monday, March 15, 2010 11:43:00 AM CET | info [other]
Entities: Seán Brady[1];
The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, facing calls to resign over revelations that he did not report complaints against a paedophile priest to police, has said that he will only step down if told to by the Pope. Catholic primate Cardinal Sean Brady defended his role at a 1975 meeting where.......
Call for Cardinal in abuse cover-up to quit
channel4news Monday, March 15, 2010 9:58:00 AM CET | info [other]
Entities: Andrew Madden[1]; Seán Brady[1];
Quotes in this article
Seán Brady said: "Frankly I don't believe that this is a resigning matter,"
Andrew Madden said: "I believe every Diocese in the country will have allegations which were mishandled," "It's only a case of when people are found out"
Pressure is mounting on the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland to resign over revelations he failed to report complaints against a paedophile priest to authorities....
Call for Cardinal to quit over abuse cover-up
channel4news Monday, March 15, 2010 9:43:00 AM CET | info [other]
Entities: Andrew Madden[1]; Seán Brady[1];
Quotes in this article
Seán Brady said: "Frankly I don't believe that this is a resigning matter,"
Andrew Madden said: "I believe every Diocese in the country will have allegations which were mishandled," "It's only a case of when people are found out"
Pressure is mounting on the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland to resign over revelations he failed to report complaints against a paedophile priest to authorities....
Cardinal urged to quit over sex abuse
YorkshirePost Monday, March 15, 2010 9:42:00 AM CET | info [other]
Entities: Maeve Lewis[1]; Colm O'Gorman[1]; Seán Brady[2];
Quotes in this article
Maeve Lewis said: "We cannot know how many children may have been saved from harm if Brendan Smyth had been prosecuted in the 1970s, but all those who were party to the decision to protect him carry a heavy responsibility for the victims suffering,"
The head of Catholic Church in Ireland is being urged to resign after he admitted being at meetings where victims of a notorious paedophile priest were forced to take a vow of...
Cardinal defiant over 'abuse' row
belfasttoday Monday, March 15, 2010 9:39:00 AM CET | info [other]
Entities: Colm O'Gorman[1]; Seán Brady[1];
Quotes in this article
Seán Brady said: "Frankly I don't believe that this is a resigning matter,"
CATHOLIC primate Cardinal Sean Brady says he will only resign if requested to do so by the Pope. (15/03/2010 08:22:45)...
Cardinal under pressure to resign over child abuse case
irish-news Monday, March 15, 2010 9:18:00 AM CET | info [other]
Entities: Andrew Madden[1]; Seán Brady[1];
Quotes in this article
Seán Brady said: “Frankly I don’t believe that this is a resigning matter,”
Andrew Madden said: “I believe every Diocese in the country will have allegations which were mishandled,” “It’s only a case of when people are found out”
Pressure is today mounting on the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland to resign over revelations he never reported complaints against a paedophile priest to authorities....
iafrica Monday, March 15, 2010 9:17:00 AM CET | info [other]
Entities: Maeve Lewis[1]; Pope Benedict XVI[2]; Colm O'Gorman[1]; Seán Brady[1];
Quotes in this article
Colm O'Gorman said: "What is obscene... is that these victims of rape and abuse by Brendan Smyth were required to sign oaths of secrecy," "I think his position is not just untenable, I think it is impossible,"
An Irish Catholic cleric refused to quit after being accused of covering up sex abuse....
Sex abuse cases spell trouble for pope
cnn Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12:00 AM CET | info [other]
Entities: Georg Ratzinger[1]; Pope Benedict XVI[4]; John Allen[1]; David Gibson[1];
Quotes in this article
David Gibson said: "There's certainly a domino effect, a kind of momentum building,"
David Gibson said: "It's a very volatile and dangerous time for the Vatican,"
John Allen said: "This is not just another crisis story about the papacy that has had plenty of crises," "It's happening in the one area where even Benedict's critics have been willing to give him credit"
With allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests piling up in Germany and Ireland and surfacing in Austria and the Netherlands, Europe appears poised to face church abuse in the broad, wrenching way the United States did in the last decade....
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Seán Brady said: "Yes, I knew that these were crimes," "But I did not feel that it was my responsibility to denounce the actions of Brendan Smyth to the police. Now I know with hindsight that I should have done more, but I thought at the time I was doing what I was required to do"
AP Monday, March 15, 2010 7:58:00 PM CET
Seán Brady said: “Yes, I knew that these were crimes, but I did not feel that it was my responsibility to denounce the actions of Brendan Smyth to the police”
irish-news Monday, March 15, 2010 6:54:00 PM CET
Seán Brady said: "Yes, I knew that these were crimes," "But I did not feel that it was my responsibility to denounce the actions of Brendan Smyth to the police. Now I know with hindsight that I should have done more, but I thought at the time I was doing what I was required to do"
msnbc Monday, March 15, 2010 6:45:00 PM CET
Seán Brady said: "Frankly I don't believe that this is a resigning matter,"
guardian Monday, March 15, 2010 4:41:00 PM CET
Colm O'Gorman said: ''What is obscene … is that these victims of rape and abuse by Brendan Smyth were required to sign oaths of secrecy,''
smh Monday, March 15, 2010 2:51:00 PM CET
Seán Brady said: "There was no cover up, I believed those people. I brought what I heard to the bishop,"
bbc Monday, March 15, 2010 2:33:00 PM CET
Colm O'Gorman said: "He believed that this out of control paedophile [Smyth] had abused children and he did nothing to report this crime to the police either then, or it would appear, at any point over the next 20 years during which Smyth continued to rape and abuse in parishes across the world with near impunity," "Instead he took part in a cover-up of Smyth's crimes and swore his child victims to secrecy,"
bbc Monday, March 15, 2010 2:33:00 PM CET
Seán Brady said: "Frankly I don't believe that this is a resigning matter,"
guardian Monday, March 15, 2010 2:11:00 PM CET
Christian Weisner told: "is the worst possible communication strategy thinkable,"
iafrica Monday, March 15, 2010 1:08:00 PM CET
Christian Weisner added (about Pope Benedict XVI): "Many Catholics who are faithful to the Church regret the fact that Benedict XVI has failed to express a single word of sympathy,"
iafrica Monday, March 15, 2010 1:08:00 PM CET
Wolfgang Thierse said: "The Church's credibility has been badly shaken,"
iafrica Monday, March 15, 2010 1:08:00 PM CET
Thomas Mayer says: "Ratzinger was extremely choleric and quick-tempered during choir practice,"
spiegel-en Monday, March 15, 2010 12:56:00 PM CET
Thomas Mayer says: "that even his false teeth fell out,"
spiegel-en Monday, March 15, 2010 12:56:00 PM CET
Seán Brady said: "Frankly I don't believe that this is a resigning matter,"
channel4news Monday, March 15, 2010 9:58:00 AM CET
Andrew Madden said: "I believe every Diocese in the country will have allegations which were mishandled," "It's only a case of when people are found out"
channel4news Monday, March 15, 2010 9:58:00 AM CET
Seán Brady said: "Frankly I don't believe that this is a resigning matter,"
channel4news Monday, March 15, 2010 9:43:00 AM CET
Andrew Madden said: "I believe every Diocese in the country will have allegations which were mishandled," "It's only a case of when people are found out"
channel4news Monday, March 15, 2010 9:43:00 AM CET
Maeve Lewis said: "We cannot know how many children may have been saved from harm if Brendan Smyth had been prosecuted in the 1970s, but all those who were party to the decision to protect him carry a heavy responsibility for the victims suffering,"
YorkshirePost Monday, March 15, 2010 9:42:00 AM CET
Seán Brady said: "Frankly I don't believe that this is a resigning matter,"
belfasttoday Monday, March 15, 2010 9:39:00 AM CET
Seán Brady said: “Frankly I don’t believe that this is a resigning matter,”
irish-news Monday, March 15, 2010 9:18:00 AM CET
Andrew Madden said: “I believe every Diocese in the country will have allegations which were mishandled,” “It’s only a case of when people are found out”
irish-news Monday, March 15, 2010 9:18:00 AM CET
Colm O'Gorman said: "What is obscene... is that these victims of rape and abuse by Brendan Smyth were required to sign oaths of secrecy," "I think his position is not just untenable, I think it is impossible,"
iafrica Monday, March 15, 2010 9:17:00 AM CET
David Gibson said: "There's certainly a domino effect, a kind of momentum building,"
cnn Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12:00 AM CET
David Gibson said: "It's a very volatile and dangerous time for the Vatican,"
cnn Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12:00 AM CET
John Allen said: "This is not just another crisis story about the papacy that has had plenty of crises," "It's happening in the one area where even Benedict's critics have been willing to give him credit"
cnn Monday, March 15, 2010 9:12:00 AM CET
Federico Lombardi said: "These events which are spoken of have been amply clarified by the archdiocese of Munich,"
latimes Monday, March 15, 2010 8:38:00 AM CET
Seán Brady said: "Frankly I don't believe that this is a resigning matter," "I insist again I did act and acted effectively in that inquiry to produce the grounds for removing Fr Smyth from ministry"
irish-independent Monday, March 15, 2010 6:48:00 AM CET
Colm O'Gorman said: "They carried out an investigation, they interviewed the child victims of this priestly rapist, Sean Brady determined in his own mind that these children were telling the truth and he then simply passed the information up the line and did nothing," "For another 18 years, as Sean Brady rose through the ranks in the Catholic Church hierarchy, Brendan Smyth continued to rape and abuse children"
irish-independent Monday, March 15, 2010 6:48:00 AM CET
Colm O'Gorman said: "He believed that this out of control paedophile [Smyth] had abused children and he did nothing to report this crime to the police either then, or it would appear, at any point over the next 20 years during which Smyth continued to rape and abuse in parishes across the world with near impunity. "Instead he took part in a cover-up of Smyth's crimes and swore his child victims to secrecy,"
bbc Monday, March 15, 2010 6:03:00 AM CET
Seán Brady said: "If I found myself in the situation where I was aware that my failure to act had allowed or meant that other children were abused, well then I think I would resign,"
examiner Monday, March 15, 2010 5:28:00 AM CET
Seán Brady said: "Frankly I don't believe that this is a resigning matter,"
independent Monday, March 15, 2010 3:06:00 AM CET
Maeve Lewis said: "We cannot know how many children may have been saved from harm if Brendan Smyth had been prosecuted in the 1970s, but all those who were party to the decision to protect him carry a heavy responsibility for the victims suffering,"
independent Monday, March 15, 2010 3:06:00 AM CET
Andrew Madden said: "I have always thought the abuse of children was widespread across the country and I believe every Diocese in the country will have allegations which were mishandled," "It's only a case of when people are found out"
independent Monday, March 15, 2010 3:06:00 AM CET
Seán Brady said: "I don't believe this is a resigning matter,"
TheScotsman Monday, March 15, 2010 2:42:00 AM CET
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