AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Dan Cox
Documents tendered to an inquiry into child sexual abuse in the NSW Hunter Valley reveal a senior member of Australia’s Catholic Church refused to be questioned over an alleged abuse cover-up.
Ian Lloyd, QC, who was asked by the special commission of inquiry to assess Strike Force Lantle’s brief of evidence, found “all but one of the still living” persons of interest was interviewed.
Mr Lloyd’s report into the strike force said a “serving member” of the Catholic clergy “exercised his legal right to refuse to be questioned by police”.
In a statement tendered to the inquiry at Newcastle Supreme Court earlier this week, NSW Sex Crimes Squad manager Detective Inspector Paul Jacob said Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson declined to be interviewed.
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