AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By state political reporter Alison Savage
Retired Supreme Court judge Frank Vincent will head the legal team conducting a parliamentary inquiry into child sex abuse by religious groups in Victoria.
The inquiry, being conducted by the Victorian Parliament’s Family and Community Development Committee, will examine the ways religious groups and churches handle complaints about sexual abuse.
Frank Vincent, QC, has been appointed senior legal adviser to the inquiry and will be assisted by an experienced lawyer seconded from the Public Prosecutions Service.
A government spokesman says Mr Vincent has “bipartisan respect and will bring extensive expertise to this task.”
The former South Australian police chief, Mal Hyde, will be the inquiry’s senior adviser on policing matters.
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