Cardinal must face the music

Cardinal Brady is unfit to remain in office, but it would be wrong if he was allowed to walk away from justice simply by resigning.

When Archbishop Law of Boston was proven to have acted in the same way as Cardinal Brady, by putting the interests of the Church and child abusers above the protection of children, he was allowed to resign. He was then given the plum position of Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, which he held until he retired in Nov 2011. A lay person would have been jailed, but Archbishop Law was promoted to Rome.

Not only must Dr Brady face the law for his actions, so too should his superiors and those who turned a blind eye to the abuse, because they are as bad, if not worse, than the abusers.