AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
AAP
BY MARTY SILK
February 19, 2014
The Catholic Church has accused a former principal of lying under oath about a child sex abuse scandal at his primary school.
Terence Hayes has admitted he didn’t tell police, superiors or parents the full truth about allegations against pedophile teacher Gerard Byrnes in 2007 and 2008.
But Mr Hayes also admitted to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on Wednesday that he knew at the time he had an obligation to tell police.
He was first told of serious sexual abuse allegations against Byrnes in September 2007, but kept them secret from parents and police until the teacher was arrested in November 2008.
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