AUSTRALIA
ABC News
[with video]
By Tom Nightingale and staff
The senior policeman whose allegations have sparked a special commission of inquiry into claims of a police cover-up of church sex abuse in NSW says he is not yet convinced it will be powerful enough to bring about justice.
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell today announced the inquiry after Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox went public with claims that his investigations in the Hunter Valley had been hampered by interference from within the police force and by the Catholic Church.
Chief Inspector Fox was investigating whether some of the church’s top Australian leaders covered up sex abuse allegations but was ordered off the case.
He was calling for a royal commission, but a spokesman for Mr O’Farrell told PM the special commission effectively had the same powers.
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