AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald

IAN KIRKWOOD
11 Aug 2016

THE man in charge of Newcastle Anglican investigations from 2009 has raised the possibility that there were more priest misconduct cases in the diocese beyond the 36 identified in the “brown envelope” system.

Michael Elliott, the director of professional standards since 2009, became the 18th person to give evidence when he took the stand at the start of Thursday’s proceedings, the eighth day of this hearing.

Shortly before the morning tea adjournment, Mr Elliott was taken by the counsel assisting the commission, Naomi Sharp, to some documents including an index of names that referred to a “black book” that Mr Elliott had been unable to find.

“You have only located the yellow envelopes, but you haven’t located the small envelopes referred to in this document?” Ms Sharp asked Mr Elliott.

“No, that’s right, and I also haven’t located any of…