AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
THE NSW Attorney-General, Greg Smith, has been accused of denigrating a woman who made sexual abuse allegations against a Sydney priest who is a friend of his as ”just trying to get $1 million from the church”.
Mr Smith is alleged to have made the comment when he was asked last July why Father Finian Egan had not been arrested or charged despite a police investigation into this and other claims that began two years ago, according to the ABC’s 7.30 program last night.
A spokesman for Mr Smith said: ”The Attorney-General recalls no such conversation. He says he would never suggest any victim of sexual abuse was simply motivated by a desire to claim a financial payout.”
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