Politicians delay inquiry into child abuse in religious groups to take a European trip instead

AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun

Ashley Gardiner
From:Herald Sun
May 14, 2012

THE politicians running an inquiry into child-sex abuse in religious organisations are in Europe on a taxpayer-funded trip.

State Parliament’s family and community development committee is visiting Britain and the Netherlands.

The trip is for the committee’s inquiry into “opportunities for participation by Victorian seniors”, one of three it is conducting.

Work on the sex-abuse inquiry will not begin until after they return later this week.

A deadline of April 2013 has been set for the inquiry.

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