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 ...

BBC News Online profiles the child abusing cleric who is central to the issue, Father Brendan Smyth. The image of serial child abuser Fr Brendan Smyth leering into a camera lens as he prepared to face ...

Father Brendan Smyth leaving court with two police officers. The Catholic Church in Ireland has paid damages believed to be well in excess of 250,000 euros (about £207,000) ...

Serial child abuser Brendan Smyth was convicted of dozens of offences The crimes of the notorious paedophile priest, Fr Brendan Smyth, will be examined at a public inquiry later. The Historical ...

DUBLIN, Ireland — It is said the Irish speak well of the dead. But as word spread that the Rev. Brendan Smyth had died, it was hard to find voices of sympathy for the priest who was Ireland’s ...

Paedophile priest Father Brendan Smyth threatened to punch another cleric when warned to stay away from altar boys, an inquiry has heard. Fr William Fitzgerald, who served with Smyth at Kilnacrott ...

Paedophile priest Father Brendan Smyth threatened to punch another cleric when warned to stay away from altar boys, an inquiry has heard. Fr William Fitzgerald, who served with Smyth at Kilnacrott ...

Victims of paedophile priest Father Brendan Smyth are to take legal action against the Gardaí. The move follows revelations that officers in Dublin knew about his sex abuse in the early 1970s ...

Father Brendan Smyth leaves court with two police officers. The head of the Catholic church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, is under pressure after confirming he was at meetings when two alleged ...

The Catholic Church in Ireland has paid damages believed to be well in excess of 250,000 euros (about £207,000) to a female victim of paedophile priest Father Brendan Smyth. The out-of-court ...

Father Brendan Smyth leaving court with two police officers The Catholic Church in Ireland has paid damages believed to be well in excess of 250,000 euros (about £207,000) to a female victim of ...

The Catholic Church in Ireland pays damages believed to be in excess of 250,000 euros to a victim of a paedophile priest.