AUSTRALIA
The Australian
DAN BOX From: The Australian May 09, 2013
A CATHOLIC nun provided false evidence to a police investigation and was involved in tipping off a pedophile priest on the night before his impending arrest, NSW MP Troy Grant says.
Mr Grant, a former policeman who led the prosecution of priest Vince Ryan for child abuse during the 1990s, said the nun and another senior cleric from the NSW diocese of Maitland-Newcastle had deliberately interfered with his investigation.
Mr Grant did not name the nun, while the senior cleric, Monsignor Patrick Cotter, has since died.
Speaking yesterday after giving evidence to the NSW special commission of inquiry into child abuse, Mr Grant said the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions ultimately decided against charging the pair with perverting the course of justice.
“I do still disagree with that decision. I don’t blame them for it, I just disagree . . . I hope anyone who has become a victim since that day isn’t a victim because the DPP decided not to act,” Mr Grant said.
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