AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH JUNE 21, 201
NSW Police have admitted shredding all records of a senior officers involvement with a Catholic church body which deals with sexual abuse.
A Freedom of Information request by Greens MP David Shoebridge revealed briefing papers and documents created over a five year period between 1998 and 2003 had been destroyed.
The documents reveal that Inspector Beth Cullen, who was then with the Sex Crimes Unit, destroyed all documents relating to her role with the Catholic church body.
A letter from the NSW Police, which was released with the FOI documents states: “Inspector Beth Cullen, the NSW Police representative on the [catholic church body], shredded hard copies of meeting material after each meeting.”
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