AUSTRALIA
Weekly Times
BY ANNETTE BLACKWELL AAP JANUARY 24, 2014
A SENIOR church official has revised his evidence to the Royal Commission on Child Sex Abuse following a flurry of late night emails with a law firm representing the Catholic Church.
Michael Salmon, director of the Catholic Church’s NSW/ACT Professional Standards Office, said on Friday he wanted to submit a supplementary statement to assist the commission.
He was contacted on Thursday evening by law firm Gilbert + Tobin and asked to clarify statements he made about a mediation session with an abuse victim who had concerns the Marist Brothers knew of and did nothing about abuse at a Cairns college.
A string of emails between the law firm and Mr Salmon, which culminated in him agreeing to a revised statement at about 9pm (AEDT) on Thursday night, were examined by the commission on Friday.
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