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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Father Denis McAlinden was a predator involved in horrific conduct, a lawyer for the Catholic Church has told an abuse inquiry.
But not all of the 30 times the pedophile priest was moved to new parishes around the country could be linked to his sexual abuse, lawyer Lachlan Gyles said.
‘There were a large number of moves where no reason was known,’ said Mr Gyles who’s representing the Maitland/Newcastle Catholic diocese.
But the lawyer assisting the commission, Julia Lonergan, fired back ‘Some moves related to sexual abuse.’
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