A man hovered in the yard beside Banbridge court house pulling on a
cigarette waiting for the now retired Cardinal Sean Brady to come out. The retired Cardinal had spent Thursday
morning telling the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry about the
church's "flawed" response to complaints about Brendan Smyth, the
paedophile priest back in 1975.
The man outside the court house watched as Cardinal Brady emerged to a whirr of cameras, got into a waiting silver car
and drove away. Then he told a bit of his own story. He had been
sexually abused by Smyth in various children's homes in Northern
Ireland. Some years later he was doing time in Magilligan prison when
Smyth was incarcerated there for abusing more than 40 children. Some of
the other inmates attacked him with snooker balls in a bag but he never
went near him. He was still terrified of the monster Brendan Smyth.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/detached-egocentric-and-narcissistic-paedophile-with-no-shame-or-remorse-31335112.html
and drove away. Then he told a bit of his own story. He had been
sexually abused by Smyth in various children's homes in Northern
Ireland. Some years later he was doing time in Magilligan prison when
Smyth was incarcerated there for abusing more than 40 children. Some of
the other inmates attacked him with snooker balls in a bag but he never
went near him. He was still terrified of the monster Brendan Smyth.http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/detached-egocentric-and-narcissistic-paedophile-with-no-shame-or-remorse-31335112.html