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Monday, April 22, 2013
Most child sex abuse complaints brought to the Uniting Church were not referred to police, an inquiry heard.
Most child sex abuse complaints brought to the Uniting Church have not been referred to police by the church, a Victorian inquiry has heard.
Legal adviser for the church’s Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Philip Battye, said police had been involved in only a small number of complaints.
‘It would be a smaller number rather than a larger number,’ Mr Battye told the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the handling of child abuse allegations on Monday.
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