The Catholic Church has withheld its findings about a child sex abuse accusation for months from the man who laid the complaint. The man said he was "re-traumatised" and it proved the church's pledge to put victims first were empty.
This comes at the same time as the church hired a Wellington public relations consultant in the run-up to the Royal Commission into state abuse.
RNZ has been privy to documentation and emails from the church about the man's case. He wishes to remain anonymous.
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