SCOTLAND
Daily Record
ACADEMIC Alan Draper, appointed to advise the Catholic Church on sexual abuse, said he wanted independent experts to investigate further but the bishops declined.
CATHOLIC Church bishops knew of 20 allegations of child sex abuse by priests between 1985 and 1995, says an expert brought in to probe the claims.
In the mid-1990s, academic Alan Draper was appointed to advise the church on sexual abuse and how to respond to it.
He asked Scotland’s eight bishops what they knew and got letters referring to 20 allegations of child abuse by priests.
Mr Draper says he wanted independent experts to probe further but the bishops declined.
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