Priests fear church has shielded abusers

Many parish priests in England and Wales believe the Catholic
Church has covered up incidents of child sex abuse, according to a
study.

An ICM poll, which had responses from 486 serving parish priests
and was carried out for the BBC television programme Kenyon
Confronts, found many priests believe the church has covered
up child sex abuse rather than deal with offending priests.

Two-thirds said they personally knew another priest who had been
implicated in an allegation.

The programme is due to be screened on BBC1 on 15 October.