AUSTRALIA
Courier Mail
KEITH MOOR HERALD SUN NOVEMBER 13, 2013
NOTHING in the new parliamentary report on sexual abuse cover-ups by the Catholic Church comes as a surprise to paedophile catcher Chris O’Connor.
He was reactiing to the horrific sexual abuse cover-ups by the Catholic Church which has led to a parliamentary committee recommending new offences for grooming children and failing to report crimes.
The nation’s first inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations found several thousand children were criminally abused by people within non-government organisations in Victoria over decades.
The recently retired detective senior sergeant has been Victoria Police’s child sex expert for decades.
He has been warning for years about the disgraceful behaviour of the Catholic Church and other institutions with responsibility for caring for children
Sen-Sgt O’Connor said evidence suggested some priests chose to be priests because of the hold it would give them over children they could abuse, just as other paedophiles were attracted to jobs which gave them easy access to children.
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