A long career of abuse

The evil saga of Fr. Brendan Smyth’s years of abuse against children was covered up for decades by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. The present Cardinal, Sean Brady, was personally involved in silencing victims of Fr. Smyth as far back as 1975. The story of this evil Priest, and the cover-up of his [...] Continue reading →

Cardinal Brady to resign soon!

The Catholic Church has named Cardinal Seán Brady’s successor as Archbishop of Armagh. (UTV news story) CASNI comment: The back door has been opened in a move to get rid of a leading figure in the child sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland.  The paedophile priest protector, Cardinal Sean Brady, will [...] Continue reading →

News stories from 2013

Irish police covered up Irish pedophile priest crimes for a medal from the pope Journalist Eamonn McCann exposes Rome’s hypocritical front men No shared future agreement by NI politicians who uphold an apartheid system The woman who exposed Rome’s ‘nazi camps’ in Ireland The NI child abuse inquiry More news from the NI child abuse [...] Continue reading →

NI child abuse inquiry gets underway

Historical abuse inquiry: 101 apply to take part (BBC news story) The inquiry will examine allegations of abuse going back to 1922. A total of 101 people have applied to take part in the inquiry into abuse in care institutions in Northern Ireland between 1922 and 1995. The organisations that ran the institutions include Catholic [...] Continue reading →

Sister Mary Teresa Grogan

Catholic nun stands trial over 63 counts of physical and sexual abuse of children Teacher accused of “systematic” abuse of young girls in her classroom from 1973 to 1975 By CATHY HAYES, IrishCentral Staff Writer Published Thursday, November 15, 2012, 7:41 AM A Catholic nun has been charged with the “systematic” abuse of seven schoolgirls [...] Continue reading →

Fr. Raymond Brady

A priest who sexually abused boys in the Diocese of Meath, including at two parochial houses, has been jailed for two years at Trim Circuit Criminal Court. Fr Raymond Brady (77) from Baltrasna, Oldcastle, Co Meath, acted “like a predator”, said Judge Michael O’Shea. Brady admitted indecently assaulting 10 boys – some of them brothers [...] Continue reading →

Institutional abuse inquiry begins its work

Jennifer McCann MLA and Jonathan Bell MLA, Junior Ministers in OFMDFM, today announced that the Acknowledgement Forum of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry will begin its work on 1 October 2012. Victims of childhood abuse in Northern Ireland, now must register to take part and have their childhood abuse experiences heard by the inquiry. The [...] Continue reading →

Fr. Michael Kelly

Fr. Michael Kelly The following news stories detail Fr. Kelly’s story. California diocese to pay out $3.75 million in settlement for Irish priest.  A $3,75 million settlement has been reached in the case of an Irish priest found liable in a civil case of child abuse in California. A civil jury in Stockton, Southern California, found [...] Continue reading →

Fr. Patrick Hughes

Fr. Patrick Hughes (Community Voice.ie) An 82-year-old Catholic priest living in Castleknock has been jailed for a year for indecently assaulting an 11 year old boy in the 1970s. Fr. Patrick Hughes (82) with an address in Park Drive Court was a curate in the Navan Road at the time of some of the offences. [...] Continue reading →

Fr. Joe Steele

Fr. Joe Steele Fr. Joseph Steele, a member of the Holy Ghost Order confessed and apologized to 11 charges of indecent assault and one of gross indecency, which allegedly took place between 1969 and 1983 when he was a pastor and chaplain of a children’s home. Two boys and three girls, between the ages of [...] Continue reading →

Fr. Frank McCarthy

Fr. Frank McCarthy McCarthy used his position as a seminarian to target children’s homes. Children were allowed to visit his home and go on holiday with him. McCarthy was convicted in 1997 after he pleaded guilty to abusing an orphan and a young victim from Dunlavin. He was given a suspended sentence and was later [...] Continue reading →
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