Detective Urged TV Program to Drip-feed Information

By Dan Box
The Australian
May 9, 2013

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/detective-urged-tv-program-to-drip-feed-information/story-e6frgczx-1226638934386

A NSW detective who publicly claimed he was ordered to stop investigating child abuse within the Catholic Church co-ordinated his revelation with the ABC, Fairfax Media and a Greens MP as part of a campaign to force a royal commission.

Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox was also given the opportunity to view a transcript of part of a proposed edition of the ABC's Lateline program, which he successfully requested not be broadcast.