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25 February 2015

Catholic Church ‘can no longer cover up abuse’

THE Catholic Church in Scotland can no longer cover up the abuse of children and vulnerable adults as they have done in the past according to the head of a new external review.
Dr Andrew McLellan, the former moderator of the Church of Scotland, who will lead an 18 month review of the Catholic Church’s current safeguarding protocols, said: “The only credible policy for a church must be ‘no abuse; no cover-up.”

http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/catholic-church-can-no-longer-cover-up-abuse-1-3344537