Brendan Smyth's sex crimes 'ignored to protect good name of Church'

A "deliberate decision" was taken to withhold information about Smyth.

The crimes of predatory priest Brendan Smyth were ignored to protect the good name of the Catholic church, a public inquiry found.

Smyth attacked children "far and wide" at residential homes in Northern Ireland from the 1940s and was convicted of more than 100 offences, the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry found.