For 40 years Brendan Smyth used his position in the Catholic Church to target, groom and sexually abuse innocent young children. The Church was well aware of his crimes, but rather than address them he was simply moved from diocese to diocese. A "very intelligent" man, he "used his intelligence and cunning to intimidate and oppose those who confronted him," revealed Fr William Fitzgerald, of the Norbertine Order, of which Smyth was a member. "He was able to silence and ridicule those who would confront him," Fr...
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