Cardinal Brady tells Brendan Smyth inquiry everyone involved was ‘bound to secrecy’

Clerics involved in investigating child sex abuse were bound to secrecy so the Catholic church’s “good name” could be protected, a former primate of Ireland has claimed.

Cardinal Brady tells Brendan Smyth inquiry everyone involved was ‘bound to secrecy’

Clerics involved in investigating child sex abuse were bound to secrecy so the Catholic church’s “good name” could be protected, a former primate of Ireland has claimed.

Cardinal Sean Brady, who resigned on age grounds last year, was giving evidence to the North’s Historical Abuse Inquiry (HIA) in Banbridge, Co Down.

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