AUSTRALIA
The Australian
Andrew Clennell, Mark Morri and Barclay Crawford
From:The Daily Telegraph
November 10, 2012
A SPECIAL Commission of Inquiry will be held into allegations that police mishandled child sexual abuse investigations into the Catholic Church in the Hunter, Premier Barry O’Farrell announced yesterday.
It comes after serving police officer Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox alleged he was taken off Catholic paedophilia investigations after being outspoken, and that senior church figures covered up serious sexual abuse allegations for decades.
After resisting calls for a royal commission into the church for months, Mr O’Farrell acted following an open letter from Insp Fox.
But the Premier gave no guarantees the inquiry would hold public hearings – and Insp Fox and the Opposition last night called for a much broader inquiry.
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