Posted on 10/14/2013 8:43:37 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne
MISSING police files relating to an abuse case against a former Catholic boys home have been destroyed.
This has now been admitted after one of the former boys called for an investigation.
Mr Damian Chittock won damages from the Catholic Church in 2003 after being abused at St Francis Boys Home in Shefford in the late 1960s.
After that settlement a police investigation was held and Father John Ryan, the priest then in charge of the home, was arrested and interviewed.
(Excerpt) Read more at bedfordshire-news.co.uk ...
Any of the cops with access to the files Catholic or friends with the defendent(s)?
Never mind. Ten years is a long time to keep records on a case that was closed. Heck, HIPPA only requires records to be be kept seven years.
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