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, he investigated the issue of paedophile priests and child protection in the

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. As a result of this report, the Catholic Church in England and Wales formed an agency called COPCA ( Catholic Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults) to centrally manage CRB (

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) applications. His Vice-chairman on the committee was a fellow Old Amplefordian, Sir

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