AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald

IAN KIRKWOOD
11 Aug 2016

NEWCASTLE Anglican investigator Michael Elliott has stood by his belief that former registrar Peter Mitchell had “tampered” with one of the yellow envelopes in the church’s abuse files.

Resuming his evidence after lunch, Mr Elliott had a testy exchange with Mr Mitchell’s representative, Maria Gerace, who asked him to withdraw his assertion that Mr Mitchell had tampered with the file.

Ms Gerace said Mr Elliott had given the royal commission a one-sided account of his meeting with Mr Mitchell, saying Mr Mitchell had told Mr Elliott “abhored” child sex abuse.

“You didn’t include that in your statement, did you,” Ms Gerace said.

“No,” Mr Elliott said.