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18 September 2016

NSW bishop destroyed sex abuse letter

A Sydney Catholic bishop destroyed a letter regarding civil action against a pedophile priest years after police raided his office and left him "traumatised", a royal commission has heard.
Former Parramatta Bishop Bede Heather testified he developed a stress disorder and became very concerned about confidentiality after police investigating child sex allegations left his office in "disarray" in 1994.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/32624607/nsw-bishop-destroyed-sex-abuse-letter/#page1