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By Suzie Smith and Dan Cox, ABC
Updated May 16, 2013
It has been revealed that police expressed concern about the terms of a compensation settlement between an abuse victim and the Catholic Church.
The documents, which were obtained by the Lateline program, show a victim was required to repay his compensation payment plus 10 per cent a year if he decided to take the matter to the police for criminal action.
A police intelligence report, which was tendered at the special commission of inquiry into sexual abuse in the Hunter region, says police objected to the arrangement between a victim of Father Guy Hartcher of Gresford Parish and the Catholic Church.
But the charges were withdrawn and the trial did not proceed.
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