AUSTRALIA
Sky News
A special commission set to investigate allegations of child sex abuse by Catholic Church clergy in NSW’s Hunter region does not go far enough, opposition parties say.
The commission, announced by Premier Barry O’Farrell on Friday, will be headed by NSW Deputy Crown Prosecutor Margaret Cunneen.
It will examine claims made by Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox alleging child sex abuse at the hands of Catholic priests in the Hunter Valley.
It will also look into alleged cover-ups by members of the church and the police force.
Mr O’Farrell said the inquiry would not interfere with, or ‘corrupt’, existing police investigations into child sex abuse in NSW.
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