AUSTRALIA
Maitland Mercury
By ELLE WATSON June 27, 2013
There was never any reluctance by Newcastle investigators to confront senior members of the church hierarchy over child sexual abuse concealment, a senior police officer has told a Special Commission of Inquiry this morning.
Detective Chief Inspector Wayne Humphrey denied suggestions from whistleblower Peter Fox’s barrister Mark Cohen that detectives were discouraged from investigating the clergy.
Detective Chief Inspector Humphrey oversaw Strike Force Lantle – the Hunter investigation into sexual abuse concealment – after some of its officers left on sick leave.
Under heavy cross examination on his third day in the stand, the detective chief inspector denied claims the strike force had been abysmally managed by those officers.
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