Former priest John Farrell was sentenced on Monday to a minimum of 18 years’ jail for dozens of sexual offences committed against 12 children, many of them altar boys, in the 1970s and 1980s.
Police may now shift their focus to whether senior clergymen can be prosecuted for an alleged cover-up that may have delayed the investigation and prosecution of Farrell by 20 years or more.
https://theconversation.com/priest-convicted-of-sexually-abusing-children-now-for-the-questions-about-a-cover-up-58591
Police may now shift their focus to whether senior clergymen can be prosecuted for an alleged cover-up that may have delayed the investigation and prosecution of Farrell by 20 years or more.
https://theconversation.com/priest-convicted-of-sexually-abusing-children-now-for-the-questions-about-a-cover-up-58591
