Brady 'deeply sorry and ashamed'
The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland said today that he was shocked and ashamed by details in the Dublin Archdiocese clerical abuse report published today.
Cardinal Sean Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, apologised to all those who were hurt and their families.
He then extended the apology to all the people of Ireland that the abuse was covered up to protect the reputation of the Church.
“I am deeply sorry and I am ashamed,” he said. “No-one is above the law in this country.
“Every Catholic should comply fully with their obligations to the civil law and co-operate with the Gardai in the reporting and investigation of any crime.”
The Cardinal also reassured the public that the Church’s policy of child safeguarding in Ireland now puts the welfare of the child as the paramount concern.
