Today, Church policy in Ireland is to report allegations of abuse to the civil authorities. It recognises the Gardai and H.S.E. as those with responsibility for investigating such allegations and that any Church investigation should not take place until the… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
In 1975, no State or Church guidelines existed in the Republic of Ireland to assist those responding to an allegation of abuse against a minor. No training was given to priests, teachers, police officers or others who worked regularly with… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
With others, I feel betrayed that those who had the authority in the Church to stop Brendan Smyth failed to act on the evidence… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
The only people who had authority within the Church to stop Brendan Smyth from having contact with children were his Abbot in the Monastery… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
May God forgive us for the times when we as individuals and as a Church failed to seek out and care for those little… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
It is gratifying to note how scriptural words like justice, peace, forgiveness have become the lingua franca of the peace process, — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
Today, Church policy in Ireland is to report allegations of abuse to the civil authorities. It recognises the Gardai and H.S.E. as those with… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
I hope that everyone who believes that the right to life is fundamental will make their voice heard in a reasonable, but forthright, way… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
There is no more important value than upholding the right to life in all circumstances. — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
Unprecedented financial pressures, and an ever-increasingly aggressive public culture, along with social, moral and spiritual fragmentation, are leading to lives being overwhelmed by stress,… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
I deeply regret that those with the authority and responsibility to deal appropriately with Brendan Smyth failed to do so, with tragic and painful… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
Ireland and its people have much to be proud of. Yet every land and its people have moments of shame. Dealing with the failures… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
Looking back, I am ashamed that I have not always upheld the values that I profess and believe in. — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
The inviolability of the seal of confession is so fundamental to the very nature of the sacrament that any proposal which undermines that inviolability… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
