Catholic Church tried to strike deal with police over child sexual abuse investigations

ABC News (Australia) ^ | 10/4/2013 | Steve Cannane and Sashka Koloff

[Dr. Thorne]

The Catholic Church tried to strike an agreement with New South Wales Police that would have helped shut down investigations into paedophile priests and placed police in breach of the Crimes Act.

Police records, accessed under freedom of information laws by Greens MP David Shoebridge, show two attempts were made to finalise memorandums of understanding (MOUs) between police and the church over how to deal with complaints of sexual and physical abuse by Catholic Church personnel.

[Dr. Thorne]

Bottom line: The Catholic church tried to get the police to agree to a set of rules that would have made it impossible for a thorough police investigation into priest pedophiles. Typically corrupt.

[smvoice]

Please tell me this isn't true..the shock is too much..

/sarc

[Sacajaweau]

Sorry...they all belong in jail....Child molestation is a serious crime.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I wish the media would state the fact that most cases of priests molesting children were against boys and young men. They probably don’t report that since it would reflect badly on the homosexual community.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I wish the media would state the fact that most cases of priests molesting children were against boys and young men. They probably don’t report that since it would reflect badly on the homosexual community.