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24 June 2015

He abused boy while training in Rome... yet he was still allowed to prey on kids for 40 more years

The Catholic Church has been accused of "protecting their own" rather than the child abuse victims of notorious paedophile priest Brendan Smyth.  Decades of failures by individuals and Church institutions to deal with Smyth and prevent further abuse are currently under examination by the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIAI).
During a day of shocking revelations yesterday, it emerged that suspicions within the Catholic Church about the serial child abuser were discussed even before he was ordained into the priesthood.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/he-abused-boy-while-training-in-rome-yet-he-was-still-allowed-to-prey-on-kids-for-40-more-years-31321861.html