Brendan Boland was 11 years old when he was sexually abused by Fr Brendan Smyth. Back in 1975, he reported the abuse to Fr (now Cardinal) Sean Brady and two other priests, hoping to end the abuse ...

Helen McGonigle, 48, was just six years old when Father Brendan Smyth, a notorious sex offender from Co. Cavan, first abused her. McGonigle, now a successful attorney in Connecticut, says Smyth ...

His life after that time could not outrun or forget all that had happened to him and the many like him Fr Brendan Smyth In recent years he became critical of Sinn Fein and the route it was taking.

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