AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Dan Cox
A senior New South Wales policeman has apologised to whistleblower Peter Fox for comments he made in his statement to the Special Commission investigating child sexual abuse in the Hunter Valley’s Catholic Church.
The Special Commission is looking into Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox’s claims that he was ordered to stop investigating two Maitland-Newcastle priests, Father Denis McAlinden and Father James Fletcher.
Peter Fox’s superior, Detective Chief Inspector Wayne Humphrey, began giving evidence this afternoon at the public hearings in Newcastle.
In court today he made changes to his statement before it was tendered to the Commission, saying there were “unfair comments” regarding Peter Fox, and he apologised.
He also told the court there was no intention to shut Peter Fox out of the investigation but “it needed fresh eyes”.
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