Police probed clergy cover-ups

AUSTRALIA
The Australian

DAN BOX From: The Australian May 11, 2013

THE Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, is one of several senior Catholic clerics investigated by NSW police for allegedly concealing the pedophile crimes of a priest, according to documents tendered to a state inquiry.

Internal police documents, tendered to the NSW special commission of inquiry into child abuse, said Strike Force Lantle was formed in 2010 to investigate allegations that clergy concealed the crimes of serial pedophile priest Denis McAlinden.

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