AUSTRALIA
The Australian
DAN BOX From: The Australian June 25, 2013
A VICTIM of child abuse by a Catholic priest was upset that a NSW detective publicly discussed her case on television without her consent, an inquiry has heard.
In an interview on the ABC’s Lateline program last year, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox publicly claimed he was “ordered to stand down” from the investigation of pedophile priest Denis McAlinden.
During the TV interview, he described taking a witness statement from one of the priest’s un-named victims, who had come forward and whose evidence he described as “explosive”.
Giving evidence today to the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry, established to investigate Detective Fox’s claims, the Newcastle Herald reporter Joanne McCarthy said she had subsequently spoken to the victim, who was upset about the interview.
“Initially she wasn’t upset at all … the distress she relayed didn’t occur until February or March this year,” Ms McCarthy said.
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