The Bishop of Hamilton says he can't find any records warning
about a paedophile priest who was sent to the city from Australia in
1984.
The late Father Denis McAlinden, who is known to have abused dozens of girls as young as four over nearly five decades, spent at least six months in the Hamilton diocese. In 2008 the church wrote an open letter to Gisborne parishioners about the priest, sparked by a woman coming forward to say she'd been abused 24 years earlier.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/120790/nz-bishop-can't-find-any-warnings-about-priest
The late Father Denis McAlinden, who is known to have abused dozens of girls as young as four over nearly five decades, spent at least six months in the Hamilton diocese. In 2008 the church wrote an open letter to Gisborne parishioners about the priest, sparked by a woman coming forward to say she'd been abused 24 years earlier.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/120790/nz-bishop-can't-find-any-warnings-about-priest
