The role of record-keeping is close to the centre of what the royal
commission into abuse is all about: the battle between the Closed and
the Open Society. But — at least in some cases — documents have been
subpoenaed only as far back as 1970.
In Belgium in 2010, such was the level of paranoia surrounding the investigation of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church that police broke into the cathedral tombs of cardinals, drilling holes and poking cameras down in search of hidden cachès of documents – which they didn’t find.
http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/the-dark-records-of-broken-lives/594/
In Belgium in 2010, such was the level of paranoia surrounding the investigation of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church that police broke into the cathedral tombs of cardinals, drilling holes and poking cameras down in search of hidden cachès of documents – which they didn’t find.
http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/the-dark-records-of-broken-lives/594/