AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
NEIL KEENE THE DAILY TELEGRAPH JUNE 25, 2013
POLICE whistleblower Peter Fox pushed to be included in investigations into sexual abuse within the Catholic Church as a last hurrah before retiring from the force, a special commission of inquiry has heard this morning.
Newcastle journalist Joanne McCarthy told the inquiry that Inspector Fox gave her his wife’s private phone number and instructed her how to obliterate email trails in order to keep their correspondence secret from other police.
Ms McCarthy said it was “obvious there was some kind of internal police bad blood”.
The commission is investigating why Insp Fox was taken off the case and whether police acted appropriately in doing so.
Ms McCarthy said Insp Fox appeared to be feeling “alone and isolated”, which is why he approached her as his “sounding board”.
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