No Smith apology for alleged abuse victim

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Greg Smith says he would never disparage an alleged sex assault victim, but he’s avoiding apologising over comments related to the case of Finian Egan.

NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith has declined to apologise to the alleged abuse victim of a retired Catholic priest after accusing her of “trying to get $1 million from the church”.

Father Finian Egan, 77, was on Tuesday charged with a raft of child sexual offences dating back to the 1970s.

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