Sex Scandal

Sex abuse scandals have taken the Church in Ireland by storm in March 2010. There has been tremendous pressure on Cardinal Sean Brady to resign after reports indicating that he did not inform the police about sexual abuse of children by Father Brendan Smyth, who is one of Ireland’s most notorious child abusers.

Fresh revelations about Pope Benedict XVI covering up accusations pertaining to sexual abuse took the world by storm and increased the Vatican’s risk of being involved in lawsuits brought against it by victims from across the world.