AUSTRALIA
The Australian
NEIL KEENE From: The Daily Telegraph May 07, 2013
A “CATHOLIC mafia” of senior officers within the NSW Police Force hampered investigations into child sex abuse within the Church, an inquiry was told yesterday.
A Special Commission of Inquiry heard from police whistleblower Peter Fox about conversations he had with another officer in 2010 about the so-called mafia and its role in covering up entrenched paedophilia within the Maitland-Newcastle diocese.
Detective Chief Inspector Fox said he and former officer Troy Grant – now a National Party MP in Dubbo – spoke about senior police “aligned to the Catholic Church” interfering with investigations into the clergy.
Those police allegedly sent Mr Grant on trips away and snowed him under with other investigations to ensure he would have no time to interview alleged victims or conduct a thorough investigation.
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