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ABC News
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The Special Commission of Inquiry’s damning findings are not limited to detective chief inspector Peter Fox. Commissioner Margaret Cunneen says that for decades, senior officials within the Catholic Church knew about the sexual abuse allegations but failed to act. Support groups for victims worry that the findings against Peter Fox will ‘bury’ the cover-up.
Transcript
MARK COLVIN: The special commission of inquiry’s damning findings aren’t limited to detective chief inspector Peter Fox.
Commissioner Cunneen says that for decades, senior officials within the Catholic Church knew about the sexual abuse allegations but failed to act.
The commissioner has been highly critical of witnesses from the Church, saying they were misleading or simply reluctant to give evidence.
But support groups for victims worry that the findings against Peter Fox will bury the fact that the Church covered up the abuse for decades.
Thomas Oriti reports.
THOMAS ORITI: Catholic priests James Fletcher and Denis McAlinden are now dead, leaving behind a history of sexual abuse dating back decades.
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