AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
February 20, 2014
Marty Silk
The Catholic Church has accused two of its former officers of colluding and lying to shift the blame about a pedophilia scandal.
The knives were out on the fourth day of a hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Brisbane.
Principal Terence Hayes was first told of allegations against pedophile teacher Gerard Byrnes in September 2007.
Mr Hayes told Catholic education officers, Christopher Fry and Ian Hunter, that Byrnes had allegedly touched a girl and made her feel uncomfortable, had a girl sit on his lap in class, gave children lollies and kissed a girl on the cheek.
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