AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
PATRICK CARUANA AAP NOVEMBER 05, 2013
THE Catholic Church doesn’t want police allegations that it hindered investigations into child abuse included in a Victorian parliamentary committee’s report.
The report, which is due to be handed to parliament next week, will make findings and recommendations on institutional responses to child abuse.
Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Graham Ashton told the inquiry that the church had covered up offending and not reported a single case to police.
Church spokesman Father Shane Mackinlay says the church has some reservations about the inquiry as it had not been able to test the evidence.
“The allegations that were made were presented in very general terms and without evidence to support them,” he told AAP.
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