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A former judge will lead an inquiry commissioned by two NSW Catholic dioceses into the management of an ex-priest at the centre of sexual abuse claims.
A former Federal Court judge will head an inquiry into how the Catholic Church handled allegations that a former NSW priest sexually abused children.
Antony Whitlam QC will examine claims a priest, known only as “Father F”, admitted to three senior priests in Sydney in 1992 that he sexually abused young altar boys, but was not sacked by the Church until 2005.
The inquiry, jointly commissioned by Armidale Bishop Michael Kennedy and Parramatta Bishop Anthony Fisher, follows an ABC report earlier this month that revealed the allegations.
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