Archbishop in 'cover-up' over pedophile SENIOR Catholic Church figures, including Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart, ignored reports that a pedophile might have been working at a university residential college, an inquiry has been told. Christian Brother and historian Dr Barry Coldrey told the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into sexual abuse within religious organisations that he suspected a pedophile was working at Monash University's Mannix College. Dr Coldrey said he had told senior members of the Catholic Church, but said his concerns were ignored. "Everybody who had a say took the cover-up option," Dr Coldrey told the inquiry in Melbourne on Friday. Denis (Hart) took the cover-up option. Dr Coldrey said he was not sure if the man was still working at the college under an assumed name. He said residences at the college were rented out to non-university students for four months of the year. Dr Coldrey also told the inquiry there was little sympathy for victims of sexual abuse within the Christian Brothers. "At the moment, the mood is sullen, angry and certainly little sympathy is expressed for victims," he said. No one ever won an election in the Christian Brothers by expressing sympathy for victims. Dr Coldrey said the state needed to intervene with a solution to the issue of child sexual abuse within the church. He said people would have to be "mugs" to accept what the church said about the issue on face value. The inquiry continues.