Australian Bishop Exposes Cover-up of Serial Abuse

By Muriel Porter
Church Times
July 29, 2016

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2016/29-july/news/world/australian-bishop-exposes-cover-up-of-serial-abuse

THE Bishop of Newcastle, New South Wales, the Rt Revd Greg Thompson, has publicly condemned his diocese’s previous handling of sexual-abuse cases, accusing former diocesan personnel of removing documents and covering up serial offending.

Speaking on a current-affairs programme on national television, Bishop Thompson said that “this is what ‘mates looking after mates’ looks like in the Church at times. And that is an appalling thing to say for a Christian person.”

He was joined ...