AUSTRALIA
ABC News
The journalist who helped trigger a New South Wales inquiry into sexual abuse in the Hunter Valley’s Catholic Church hopes it will expose how badly the victims have been treated.
Late yesterday, Fairfax journalist Joanne McCarthy finished giving evidence at the special commission which is underway in Newcastle.
The inquiry is looking at Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox’s claims that the police force and the church tried to cover-up abuse by two priests.
Ms McCarthy’s reporting on clergy abuse in the region has won her a national journalism award and helped trigger the state probe as well as the national Royal Commission.
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