AUSTRALIA
Sunraysia Daily
By Daniella White – dwhite@sunraysiadaily.com.au Sept. 17, 2015
A MILDURA detective who led a thwarted investigation into pedophile priest John Day’s crimes in the 1970s said he hoped to give evidence to the Royal Commission into Child Sex Abuse during a public hearing in November.
Denis Ryan, who was a detective in Mildura in the 1960s and ’70s, was the first officer to investigate Day’s crimes but he was forced off the case by his superior offices.
He said there was an element within the police force, known colloquially as the Catholic Mafia, that would protect priests from facing criminal charges.
He wrote a book called Unholy Trinity in 2013 which details the extent of the cover-up – within elements of the police force, the courts and the church – and the potential scope of Day’s crimes.
Mr Ryan believes the number of children Day assaulted would count well into the hundreds, possibly thousands.
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