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The special inquiry into child sexual abuse in the Newcastle Hunter region has wrapped up its public hearings with testimony from two senior Catholic Church leaders.
The chancellor of the archdiocese of Sydney, Monsignor John Usher, appeared for the first time, and Father Brian Lucas was recalled to provide further evidence to the commission.
Monsignor Usher told the commission he never met the notorious paedophile priest Denis McAlinden, who died in 2002, nor did he have any records of the case.
This was at odds with evidence given by Father Lucas.
During the Newcastle inquiry in July, Father Lucas said he met with a victim of McAlinden and Monsignor Usher was at that meeting.
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