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MILDURA detective who led a thwarted investigation into pedophile
priest John Day’s crimes in the 1970s said he hoped to give evidence to
the Royal Commission into Child Sex Abuse during a public hearing in
November.
Denis Ryan, who was a detective in Mildura in the 1960s and ’70s, was
the first officer to investigate Day’s crimes but he was forced off the
case by his superior offices.He said there was an element within the police force, known colloquially as the Catholic Mafia, that would protect priests from facing criminal charges.
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