AUSTRALIA
The Standard
By ANDREW THOMSON
Nov. 14, 2012
A Warrnambool detective has revealed abusive priests were relocated by the former head of the Catholic Church.
THE former head of the Catholic Church in western Victoria knew about sex abusing priests but just kept moving them, the Warrnambool detective who led two investigations into clergy abuse has revealed.
Detective Senior Constable Colin Ryan headed the investigations into former Catholic priests Paul David Ryan and Brian Coffey which led to convictions.
He has also passed on a large amount of information about the activities of the two paedophiles to the state parliamentary inquiry.
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