# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brendan-smyth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:40:57.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brendan-smyth"
name: "Brendan Smyth"
slug: "brendan-smyth"
description: "Brendan Smyth, O.Praem was a Catholic priest and convicted sex offender from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who became notorious as a child molester, using his position in the Catholic Church to obtain access to his victims. During a period of over 40 years, Smyth sexually abused and indecently assaulted at least 143 children in parishes in Belfast, Dublin and the United States. His actions were frequently hidden from police and the public by Roman Catholic officials. Controversy surrounding his case contributed to the downfall of the government of the Republic of Ireland in December 1994."
tagline: "Northern Irish Catholic priest and convicted sex offender (1927–1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Father_Smyth1.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1927-06-08"
deathDate: "1997-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.983949333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Smyth"
    title: "Brendan Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%82%D8%B3)"
    title: "برندان سميث (قس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Smyth"
    title: "Brendan Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Smyth"
    title: "Brendan Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Smyth"
    title: "Brendan Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Smyth"
    title: "Brendan Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Smyth"
    title: "Brendan Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Smyth"
    title: "Brendan Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Smyth"
    title: "Brendan Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Смит, Брендан (священник)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908781"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump