Irish cardinal admits inquiries into child rapist priest were only to protect church

Seán Brady tells Historical Abuse Inquiry in Northern Ireland that Catholic clerics kept investigations into Fr Brendan Smyth secret to protect church's 'good name' Senior figures in Ireland's Catholic church set up inquiries into historical sexual abuse by solely to protect the church from scandal, the former leader of Ireland's Catholics has admitted. Dr Seán Brady, the former primate of All Ireland, told an inquiry into historical abuse on Thursday that he and other Catholic clerics were sw...