Cardinal Secrets Explained
"Cardinal Secrets" is a 2002 Prime Time special produced by Mary Raftery and reported on by Mick Peelo. Its broadcast on RTÉ Television led to the setting up of the Murphy Commission of Investigation into clerical abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese which published the Murphy Report in 2009.[1] [2] [3] [4] Anger at the Catholic Church's handling of clerical sex abuse was reported to have reached a zenith following the broadcast of "Cardinal Secrets".[5]
It revealed how the then Archbishop of Dublin Desmond Connell (since made cardinal) had (a) covered up the defrocking of two priests the church had concluded had been involved in sexual abuse, (b) later failed to give information about these priests to investigators (c) written a "clean" reference for a priest alleged to have committed sexual abuse of children.[6]
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- News: This inquiry needs to be given more time. 9 November 2005. 9 November 2005. Andrew. Madden. Andrew Madden. Irish Independent.
- News: The Dublin commission: Background. 26 November 2009. 26 November 2009. The Irish Times.
- News: Journalist Mary Raftery dies aged 54 . 10 January 2012 . 10 January 2012 . RTÉ News . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415063804/http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0110/rafterym.html . 15 April 2012 .
- News: Journalist Mary Raftery dies. 10 January 2012. 10 January 2012. Patsy. McGarry. The Irish Times.
- News: How truth got lost between canon and civil law . https://archive.today/20120909113650/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/how-truth-got-lost-between-canon-and-civil-law-1278594.html . dead . 9 September 2012 . 1 February 2008 . 1 February 2008 . Dearbhail . McDonald . Irish Independent .
- News: Cardinal under pressure to answer questions on sex abuse allegations . https://archive.today/20120904082632/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/cardinal-under-pressure-to-answer-questions-on-sex-abuse-allegations-289688.html . dead . 4 September 2012 . 18 October 2002 . 18 October 2002 . Martha . Kearns . Irish Independent .
