AUSTRALIA
Courier Mail
Alex White, Anne Wright
From:Herald Sun
October 11, 2012
A LEADING victims’ lawyer has urged police to take action against church figures they say have actively obstructed their investigations into sex abuse by priests.
Victims’ advocate Bryan Keon-Cohen, QC, yesterday criticised police for failing to act after the force accused the Catholic Church of deliberately impeding investigations into child abuse.
The top QC said the report to a parliamentary inquiry – signed off by Chief Commissioner Ken Lay – raised questions as to why police had not acted earlier.
“Why have they not pursued this and why are they sitting on their hands?” he asked.
“It is very significant for police to say this, but have investigations been undertaken of church officials for aiding and abetting a paedophile?
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