UNITED KINGDOM
Yorkshire Post
Published on Tuesday 14 February 2012
A CATHOLIC diocese which said it ordained a priest without knowing he had previously been sacked for sexual abuse of boys did not inform police even when it became aware of the dismissal.
Middlesbrough Diocese said it decided to await the outcome of an “extensive investigation” by Humberside Police into former staff at the St William’s children’s home rather than proactively tell detectives about Father Joseph O’Brien.
Humberside Police’s inquiry was later heavily criticised by the Independent Police Complaints Commission for failing to follow up potential lines of inquiry.
The police probe ended without any investigation into Father O’Brien.
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