Canon law expert Thomas Doyle has criticised the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland for his failure to investigate allegations that five more children had been abused by paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth.

CARDINAL Sean Brady did not respond to requests yesterday to comment on either the publication of chapter 19 of the Murphy report or his failure to report paedophile priest Brendan Smyth to the proper authorities when he became aware of his sexual abuse of children in 1975.

ABUSE victims have maintained the pressure on Cardinal Seán Brady to resign over his handling of paedophile priest, Fr Brendan Smyth, despite issuing another apology yesterday in which he acknowledged shame at his own past failings.

CARDINAL BRADY is a learned man and the many bishops, priests and lay people who have worked with him over the course of his esteemed career speak of him with the highest regard.

CARDINAL BRADY is a learned man and the many bishops, priests and lay people who have worked with him over the course of his esteemed career speak of him with the highest regard.

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.

Labour's justice spokesman Pat Rabbitte has called for the resignation of Cardinal Seán Brady.

THE gardaí should investigate Cardinal Seán Brady’s involvement in the hushing-up of paedophilia in the Catholic Church, Labour last night insisted.

The Labour Party today called for a Garda investigation into the role played by Cardinal Seán Brady in dealing with paedophile priest Brendan Smyth.

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.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern was yesterday facing a second front in attacks on his personal credibility, as his Fianna Fáil predecessor Albert Reynolds questioned his role in the scandal that downed the Government in 1994.