Church’s wall of silence on sexual abuse

AUSTRALIA/UNITED KINGDOM
The Australian

MICHAEL MCKENNA, AMANDA GEARING
From: The Australian May 10, 2013

A SINGLE document was all it took to illuminate a dark secret in the Church of England.

The two-page child protection report, unearthed by police in the archives of the diocese of Manchester, was proof, at last, that a former cathedral choirboy — alleging years of sexual abuse by one of Britain’s most senior clergyman — was not alone.

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