AUSTRALIA
ABC News
The former head of the police force in the New South Wales Hunter Valley has told a child sexual abuse inquiry she did not ask to have whistleblower Peter Fox’s office searched while he was on leave.
Assistant Commissioner Carlene York was the commander of the New South Wales Northern Region until Easter 2013.
She is giving evidence today at the Special Commission of Inquiry into Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox’s claims that police and the Hunter Valley’s Catholic Church covered up allegations of child sexual abuse by two priests.
Carlene York’s told the court she forwarded the abuse allegations to Newcastle’s Local Area Command for review saying she thought that state’s sex crimes squad should be involved early on.
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