Here in the U.K. we are routinely required to obtain a certificate of a CRB check having been done. This does not always pick up criminal behaviour but at least it gives some comfort. I do some community work and had to obtain a CRB Check. My son does voluntary work teaching inner London children how to read, once a week for an hour. He had to obtain a CRB Check. Eucharistic Ministers in our Church have to obtain a CRB Check.
Now on the matter of discretion and proper conduct, here in the U.K. if a male doctor has to examine a female patient he calls in the female nurse to be present or another female. This is to protect himself against any eventuality. Even if the Priest got away without being taken to task, his conduct was improper. He probably would have been subject to a CRB check if he was posted to England and someone would have informed the Police of the Goa incident, which might have been a blot. Here's what Wiki has to say about CRB:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Records_Bureau -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
