"The only people who had authority within the……" — Sean Brady
"The only people who had authority within the Church to stop Brendan Smyth from having contact with children were his Abbot in the Monastery in Kilnacrott and his Religious Superiors in the Norbertine Order."
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15 Quotes by Sean Brady
Sean Brady has 15 quotes on this site.
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I hope that everyone who believes that the right to life is fundamental will make their voice heard in a…
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There is no more important value than upholding the right to life in all circumstances.
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Unprecedented financial pressures, and an ever-increasingly aggressive public culture, along with social, moral and spiritual fragmentation, are leading to lives…
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With others, I feel betrayed that those who had the authority in the Church to stop Brendan Smyth failed to…
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I deeply regret that those with the authority and responsibility to deal appropriately with Brendan Smyth failed to do so,…
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May God forgive us for the times when we as individuals and as a Church failed to seek out and…
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We live in a twilight sort of world where, unfortunately, the perception of the seriousness of abortion - has grown…
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In 1975, no State or Church guidelines existed in the Republic of Ireland to assist those responding to an allegation…
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Today, Church policy in Ireland is to report allegations of abuse to the civil authorities. It recognises the Gardai and…
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The inviolability of the seal of confession is so fundamental to the very nature of the sacrament that any proposal…
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Looking back, I am ashamed that I have not always upheld the values that I profess and believe in.
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Ireland and its people have much to be proud of. Yet every land and its people have moments of shame.…
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More Abbot Quotes
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I had excellent opportunity to intoxicate myself with the solemn splendor of the brilliant church festivals. As was only natural,…
— Adolf Hitler
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We need to make our own the ancient pastoral wisdom which... encouraged Pastors to listen more widely to the entire…
— Pope John Paul II
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To be prophets, in particular, by demonstrating how Jesus lived on this earth, and to proclaim how the kingdom of…
— Pope Francis
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Honor to the earth," the abbot said, "honor to the dead in the passing of the year; honor to the…
— C J Cherryh
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The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a…
— Richard Harris Barham
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Still everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what…
— Sue Monk Kidd
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I fell, you see. Trod on my abbot, Father Habit. Oh, dear! I mean...
— Brian Jacques
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A little (one) can sometimes see things in others that us older ones cannot because our judgement gets clouded. —Abbot…
— Brian Jacques
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The abbot told me once that lying was a betrayal to one's self. It's evidence of self-loathing. You see, when…
— Michael J. Sullivan
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Are you going to go down on your knees and beg for your life, old one?" Abbot Mortimer stared calmly…
— Brian Jacques
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Maybe I’ll keep you.” Abbot chuckled and prodded Artemis’s back with his sword. “It’d be nice to have a pet…
— Eoin Colfer
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When I became a novice monk, I lived in a temple where the atmosphere was quite like in a family.…
— Nhat Hanh
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