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25 July 2017

Church has learned very little in the 20 years since evil Fr Brendan Smyth died, says victim

Smyth was jailed for more than 140 offences in 1994, dying of a heart attack behind bars on August 22, 1997.
Brendan Boland was abused by the twisted cleric for two years, starting from when he was an 11-year-old altar boy serving in his home parish in Dundalk, Co Louth.
In 1975, when Mr Boland was 14, he reported Smyth's abuse of him and other children but was forced to sign a confidentiality agreement that prevented him from speaking about it to anyone.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/church-has-learned-very-little-in-the-20-years-since-evil-fr-brendan-smyth-died-says-victim-35959692.html