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NSW Police says it’s disappointed its officers endured the indignity of a royal commission regarding alleged misconduct only to have their commitment and diligence recognised in a final report.
Officers including Inspector Beth Cullen were investigated following a series on ABC’s Lateline in 2013 that asserted she had been a member of the Catholic Church Professional Standards Resource Group (PSRG) from 1998 to 2005 and destroyed evidence of sexual abuse by clergy members.
Another broadcast said the Catholic Church tried to strike an agreement with police to withhold information about paedophile priests.
In the report tabled in NSW parliament on Friday, it was acknowledged that Insp Cullen’s participation in the PSRG was a conflict of interest with her obligations as a police officer.
However it said there were several factors that significantly mitigated this misconduct, including that she had no intention of any misconduct and there was also no evidence she had destroyed any documents.
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