POLICE may have ‘‘condoned’’ or even ‘‘encouraged’’ the Catholic
Church withholding information that could have helped catch or convict
child sex offenders within clergy ranks, a new inquiry has heard.
Under a procedure of ‘‘blind reporting’’, the Church referred complaints to police without providing the victim’s identity or, in some instances, the abuser’s, and rarely passed on all information collated during its internal investigations.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2621510/did-police-help-catholic-church-conceal-sex-abuse/?cs=3373
Under a procedure of ‘‘blind reporting’’, the Church referred complaints to police without providing the victim’s identity or, in some instances, the abuser’s, and rarely passed on all information collated during its internal investigations.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2621510/did-police-help-catholic-church-conceal-sex-abuse/?cs=3373