Investigator 'disappointed, not surprised' pedophile allegations not reported to police

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated October 20 2013 - 7:39pm, first published April 27 2010 - 11:22am
OPEN: John Ure says police would have investigated allegations about McAlinden.
OPEN: John Ure says police would have investigated allegations about McAlinden.

THE retired NSW Police assistant commissioner who oversaw the charging of pedophile priest Vince Ryan in 1995 was "disappointed but, sadly, not surprised" when told of secret moves to defrock Denis McAlinden in the same weeks without reporting allegations about him to police.

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