AUSTRALIA
ABC
[with video]
29/04/2013
Introduced by Caroline Jones
In a career spanning 35 years, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox has forged a reputation as a police officer who will go out of his way to care for victims.
He rose to national prominence late last year when he defied police rules and disclosed explosive allegations that the Catholic Church had consistently covered up the crimes of paedophile priests in the Newcastle-Hunter region of NSW.
The decision to speak out occurred on the spur of the moment during an emotional public forum. Fox says he thought at the time that the consequences would be ‘fairly heavy’.
But he walked onto the public stage anyway, and addressed hundreds of abuse victims and their supporters.
Other appearances followed and within weeks, the Prime Minister announced a far reaching Royal Commission into the sexual abuse of children in institutions. Fox, along with others, is credited with helping to trigger it.Call Of Duty features exclusive footage of Peter Fox at the meeting that changed his life.
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