Bishops of Armidale & Parramatta Receive Abuse Report

By Nonee Walsh
ABC News
December 14, 2012

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-14/bishops-of-armidale-26-parramatta-receive-abuse-report/4429280?§ion=news

The Catholic Church says an independent report about its handling of sexual abuse allegations against a priest who worked in two dioceses, including Armidale, will be made public as soon as possible.

The report, by former Federal Court judge Antony Whitlam, addresses the Church's management of a former priest, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

The document has just been received by the Bishops of Armidale and Parramatta, and has been handed to police investigators.

The inquiry was announced after a Four Corners story alleging the priest abused altar boys in the 1980s.

Conflicting accounts were aired of a meeting where the former priest allegedly made admissions to senior priests in 1992.

The priest was sacked in 2005.

A statement from the Bishops say the report will be published on the Diocesan web sites once it is cleared for release by the police.