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By Suzanne Smith, ABC
Updated November 14
The senior lawyer who reviewed the Catholic Church’s Towards Healing protocol says he can point to alleged contemporary cover-ups.
Professor Patrick Parkinson was cited by Cardinal George Pell as the man who had reviewed the church’s protocols on two occasions and had given it his tick of approval.
But Professor Parkinson has told the ABC’s Lateline program he has withdrawn his support for the protocol because the church failed to take action over clergy who do not comply.
He alleged a cover-up in the church, as late as 2005, put children at risk.
The Professor of Law at Sydney University also says allegations made by New South Wales Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox and Victorian police amount to “organised criminality”.
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