It’s been a terrible week for the Catholic Church with Cardinal George Pell under investigation over an alleged cover up of a church-abuse case.

Abuse support groups such as “Broken Rites” say that internal church investigations are inadequate and often fail to uncover the truth.

The group says the current controversy highlights the need for allegations of sexual abuse by clergy to be dealt with by police and the judicial system.

2ser’s Paige Nguyen asked Broken Rites president, Chris McIsaac to explain the difference between the church process and the criminal process in handling complaints.