Policeman Peter Fox’s cover-up claims rejected

AUSTRALIA
The Australian

DAN BOX THE AUSTRALIAN MAY 08, 2014

SENSATIONAL claims by a NSW Police detective about his force’s investigation of Catholic Church child abuse, which helped trigger a royal commission, are not supported by the evidence, a state inquiry is ­expected to report this month.

Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox was quickly dubbed a “hero cop” after he used a live ­interview on the ABC’s Lateline in November 2012 to criticise his employer, including saying he was “ordered to stand down” from one such case.

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