AUSTRALIA
The Armidale Express
STEPHEN JEFFERY
18 Jul, 2012
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Richard Torbay has urged Premier Barry O’Farrell to intervene and announce a police investigation into the sex abuse scandal plaguing Armidale’s Catholic diocese.
The Catholic Church’s handling of admissions of sexual abuse by a former priest has come under scrutiny after a recent Four Corners story.
The man, known as Father F, allegedly told church officials in 1992 he had sexually abused young boys in the 1980s, but his admission was not passed on to police.
In a letter obtained by The Express, Mr Torbay asks Mr O’Farrell to “ensure an appropriate police response to this most concerning issue”.
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