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(71,265 posts) Mon Sep 8, 2014, 06:29 PM Sep 2014

Sex abuse victims: Irish cardinal’s resignation not soon enough

Andrew Coffman Smith

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (RNS) For years, the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, refused to heed repeated calls for him to step down over alleged cover-ups of sexual abuse of children by clergy.

Now at 75, the age cardinals are required to step down, Brady finally tendered his resignation, which Pope Francis accepted on Monday (Sept. 8).

“It has been a great joy and privilege for me to serve … and also to travel and meet people from all over Ireland in my role as primate,” he said in a statement referring to his title as archbishop of Armagh and primate of all Ireland.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/09/08/sex-abuse-victims-irish-cardinals-resignation-soon-enough/

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