AUSTRALIA
The Australian
DAN BOX From: The Australian May 07, 2013
A NSW detective who previously claimed he was ordered to stop investigating a pedophile priest has said it was reasonable for the case to be given to another detective, but he was disappointed not to be involved.
A NSW special commission of inquiry is investigating claims by the policeman, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox, that he was ordered “to stand down from the case” of the alleged cover-up of pedophile crimes committed by Father Denis McAlinden in Newcastle, NSW.
The inquiry heard this morning that NSW Police established a Strike Force in 2010 to investigate the allegations, operating under the control of the city’s regional police Local Area Command.
Detective Fox, who was assigned to a different police command, had been conducting his own private investigation of the allegations, without telling his bosses or making any record of this work on the police system.
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