The Birmingham-based unit set up to combat paedophile activity among priests in the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales received 62 new allegations of abuse against children last year.
The 62 complaints - the vast majority of them about alleged sexual abuse - were referred to the police after they were made about priests, members of religious orders, employees and volunteers.
The Archbishop of Birmingham and chairman of COPCA management board, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, said: "This report shows that the systematic work of child protection is proceeding steadily within the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales."
