AUSTRALIA
The Singleton Argus
The Special Commission of Inquiry into matters relating to the police investigation of certain child sexual abuse allegations in the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle started on May 6.
The Premier announced the NSW Government proposed to establish a Special Commission of Inquiry into matters raised by Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox in an ABC Lateline interview regarding the handling of certain child sexual abuse allegations.
Public hearings, held in the Newcastle Supreme Court, will continue until May 17. The inquiry will then sit from June 24 until July 12.
For our coverage of the first week’s sitting, courtesy of reporter Elle Watson, check out the following:
Top sex crime cop gives evidence: The commander of the state’s Police Sex Crimes Squad has given evidence to the Commission of Inquiry this morning.
Police: Fox was a troublemaker: The NSW Police Force has painted whistleblower Peter Fox as a troublemaker who passed on confidential documents to journalists to undermine the sex abuse investigation he was excluded from in 2010 in the hope he could write a book about it.
Conduct of officers ‘corrupt’: Former police office Troy Grant has denied claims that he warned Peter Fox about the “Catholic Mafia” – senior police who deliberately hindered investigations into paedophile priests.
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