British archbishop refused to help sex abuse inquiry

By Oliver Moody And Tom Kington
Times
November 11, 2014

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/faith/article4263652.ece

A Catholic archbishop from Liverpool who has been appointed to one of the most powerful posts in the Vatican tried to withhold church documents from an inquiry into child sex abuse last year by citing diplomatic immunity.

The Most Reverend Paul Gallagher, 60, was named the church’s first English foreign minister by the Pope on Saturday, and is expected to take up the post early in 2015. He will be responsible for dealing with requests from foreign governments for documents relating to sex abuse investigations.