AUSTRALIA
The Australian
AAP
April 30, 2013
THE commissioners in charge of handling Melbourne abuse complaints against the Catholic Church deny they helped conceal crimes from police.
A Victorian parliamentary inquiry has also heard the Catholic Church’s insurer has paid out about $30 million in compensation to 600 Victorian victims of child abuse.
The independent commissioners in charge of the church’s Melbourne-based complaints system, Peter O’Callaghan QC and Jeff Gleeson SC, deny they are trying to protect the church.
Mr Gleeson said both men were appalled at the suggestion they had been involved in a cover-up.
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