AUSTRALIA
7 News
By Dan Cox in Newcastle, ABC
Updated May 15, 2013
The former head of a police strike force has told a child sexual abuse inquiry he was made aware of crucial church documents in the office of Sydney’s Archbishop, Cardinal George Pell.
The Special Commission in Newcastle is investigating Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox’s claims the Maitland-Newcastle Catholic Diocese and NSW Police covered up allegations of child sexual abuse by two priests.
Brad Tayler, a former Newcastle crime manager, is giving evidence at the public hearings.
The court has heard in a meeting in 2010 Mr Tayler was told by Andrew Morrison SC from the Australian Lawyers Alliance that there were important documents in Cardinal George Pell’s office.
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