AUSTRALIA
The Australian
DAN BOX From: The Australian August 02, 2013
DETECTIVE Chief Inspector Peter Fox looks at the 14 people sitting in the public gallery of Newcastle Supreme Court, then leans over to his wife, Penny, and whispers: “Not much of an audience today.”
It is an unusual choice of words for the man at the centre of a state government inquiry into the alleged cover-up of child abuse within the Catholic Church.
It is also a revealing choice.
After months of hearings, which have uncovered evidence that known pedophile priests were able to move freely across Australia and abroad, how will Fox’s performance be judged?
The NSW Special Commission of Inquiry yesterday held its final public hearing, after being established as a direct result of an interview the policeman gave to the ABC’s Lateline program last year.
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