Bad apples, bad barrel : exploring institutional responses to child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Australia

Institutional culture and power by Catholic clergy in the cover-up of child sexual abuse - consideration of two government inquiries into institutional abuse in Australia - evidence suggests when a cover-up occurred it was reliant on the abuse of institutional power which directly resulted in harming the victims of abuse - despite cover-up recognition Catholic representatives denied claim at the Victorian inquiry - questions if the cover-up relates to a few people or the whole institution and culture.