AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Dan Cox
A former policeman turned New South Wales MP is today due to give evidence at an inquiry into child sexual abuse within the Hunter Valley’s Catholic Church.
It is the third day of the Special Commission of Inquiry into how New South Wales Police and the Maitland-Newcastle Catholic Diocese handled allegations of child sexual abuse by two priests.
Former Hunter Valley policeman, now Nationals state MP for Dubbo, Troy Grant is expected to give evidence, followed by Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox.
The first two weeks of the inquiry is looking at the circumstances in which Peter Fox says he was told to stop investigating allegations against former priests Denis McAlinden and Jim Fletcher.
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