VICTORIAN police are expected to give damning evidence against the Catholic Church when deputy commissioner Graham Ashton appears at the state parliamentary inquiry into sexual abuse by religious organisations.
Mr Ashton will be among the first witnesses on Friday, the opening day of the inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations.
Victoria Police has already slammed the church in its submission to the inquiry, accusing Catholic hierarchy of talking victims out of reporting abuse to police and of sending offending clergy to other schools or parishes.
Chief commissioner Ken Lay said police would be happy to give further comment at the public inquiry.
The inquiry has received hundreds of submissions, among them a 148-page report from the Catholic Church entitled Facing the Truth, in which it admits its early response to abuse was inadequate and too slow.
A submission from victims support group Broken Rites makes many damning accusations, including against the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, which it claims had a ring of pedophiles inflicting "horrific" abuse on residents of its Melbourne boys homes.
In its submission, the Salvation Army admits abuse is a source of shame to the organisation, while the Jewish community, Anglican Church, Catholic community groups and legal bodies have also made submissions.
The inquiry will hear from church groups, victims and their families, lawyers, welfare experts and academics.
The inquiry, conducted by the family and community development committee, is due to report back to parliament next April, but the government has six months to respond.
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