Dave,
Apologies - somewhat bizarrely, Keith's first post was to the Clerical Child Abuse thread - confusing or what?
As you say, there appears to be proof suggesting that the priest was involved, just as there was proof the William Whitelaw, the Northern Ireland secretary, and the RUC were aware of the facts of the incident and covered them up - somewhat reminiscent of the duplicity that charaterised much of what was happening at the time.
Jim Carroll