Catholic Church paedophile networks to be mapped ‘like organised crime’ by academics

A “mafia-like” code of silence among “dark networks” within the Catholic Church has begun to emerge from a world-first project mapping clerical paedophile networks, says an academic behind the project.

The project is led by Newcastle sociologist Kathleen McPhillips and criminologist Jodi Death (pronounced Deeth) from Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) law faculty.

The research builds on work done by Sally Muytjens, one of Dr Death’s doctoral students, who mapped…