A Catholic Bishop has urged the High Court to stop him being sued by a man who received £25,000 (€30,341) after settling his Northern Ireland court action over being sexually abused as a child by paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth.

Bishop of Kilmore Leo O'Reilly has today questioned the length of time given to the Constitutional Convention to consider same-sex marriage.

ARCHBISHOP Diarmuid Martin is without doubt the most impressive and respected prelate in the country.

An American lawyer who was abused by Fr Brendan Smyth has said that the Vatican has “blood on its hands” for its failure to inform Irish Church authorities that it had censured Smyth for abuse in the United States years before the 1975 secret inquiry.

One of Fr Brendan Smyth's victims said today that Cardinal Sean Brady is a flawed man for not speaking out in the past against the paedophile priest.

The Bishop of Kilmore has confirmed that a priest in the diocese has been asked to stand aside from ministry.

THE 1975 oath of secrecy extracted from two child sex abuse victims to which Cardinal Seán Brady was a witness is simply another vivid and catastrophic illustration of the consequences that arise when there is no accountability within an organisation and the vanity of leaders takes absolute precedence over the vitality and integrity of its mission.

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin tonight refused to demand his superior's resignation over revelations he failed to alert police about one of Ireland's most notorious paedophile priests.

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, is today facing continuing calls to resign after it emerged he gathered evidence in an internal church probe into serial sex offender Father Brendan Smyth.

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.

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.

Pressure is today mounting on the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland to resign over revelations he never reported complaints against a paedophile priest to authorities.

THE future of Cardinal Seán Brady as head of the Irish Catholic Church is in doubt amid mounting calls for his resignation after allegations that he was involved in a cover-up of abuse by notorious paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth.

AS pressure for his resignation grows, Cardinal Seán Brady has serious questions to answer.

The head of Catholic Church in Ireland was urged to resign today after he admitted being at meetings where victims of a notorious paedophile priest were forced to take a vow of silence.

A CATHOLIC priest is being investigated by gardaí after a teenage boy alleged he sexually abused him.

The Bishop of Kilmore, Leo O'Reilly, has encouraged anyone with any concerns in relation to sexual abuse to come forward.