AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
AAP
Updated April 5, 2012
NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith has shown a lack of judgment by making derogatory comments about a woman who accused his friend and former parish priest of sexual abusing her when she was a child, the state opposition says.
Mr Smith said one of the alleged victims of Father Finian Egan was “just trying to get $1 million from the church”, an email from an unnamed Catholic priest who met the attorney-general last July claims.
The email to alleged victim Nikki Wells, broadcast on ABC Television on Wednesday night, has raised questions about the long delay in prosecuting the case against Father Egan.
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