UNITED KINGDOM
Mirror
BY GRACE MACASKILL
Child abuse records could be destroyed by church elders accused of a sex crimes cover-up.
The Jehovah’s Witness church is believed to have sent a memo telling them to get rid of notes taken during “judicial meetings” with alleged sex offenders.
It comes after Judge Lowell Goddard – the head of Britain’s independent child sex abuse inquiry – warned institutions that NO paperwork relating to abuse claims should be shredded.
The Sunday People revealed 15 months ago that the church was accused of covering for paedophiles in congregations.
It is accused of brainwashing abused women and girls into not going to police so it can keep its image, preferring to deal with attackers at “judicial” meetings.
A former church elder said: “This latest move is disgusting.
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