AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Giselle Wakatama
Mental health concerns have been raised about Newcastle police officers wrongly accused of covering up child sex crimes by Catholic priests.
A Special Commission of Inquiry into two Hunter Valley paedophile priests Dennis McAlinden and James Fletcher was sparked by allegations by detective Chief inspector Peter Fox.
He alleged cover-ups by both police and Catholic Church officials.
The Inquiry highlighted serious failings in the church but the commission found no evidence of a police cover-up.
The inquiry also found Peter Fox was not a credible witness.
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