AUSTRALIA
Telegraph Times
by Lorena Waters Tuesday, 08 December, 2015
More than four decades after former Mildura police officer Denis Ryan was stopped from investigating allegations of child sexual abuse by a Catholic priest, Victoria Police has admitted a conspiracy to cover up the crimes went right to the top.
“It is my opinion that chief commissioner Reg Jackson was the architect of the Victoria police’s response to Denis Ryan’s investigations into Monsignor Day”, Miller told the child abuse royal commission on Tuesday.
Mr Ryan told the inquiry he questioned the other police officer as to why they did not charge Day and was told by him: “You don’t charge priests or you will be in more trouble than enough”.
“The Catholics looked after the Catholics and the Masons looked after the Masons”. They had taken Day and his vehicle back to the police station, where he was later picked up by two priests.
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