AUSTRALIA
ABC News
A victim of a Hunter Valley paedophile priest has praised the policeman who blew the whistle on an alleged cover-up of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
The inquiry is investigating allegations the Catholic church covered-up abuse by priests Denis McAlinden and James Fletcher.
Fletcher died in jail just two years into his 10-year sentence for abusing a victim, known as AH.
AH told the inquiry he wonders how different his life would be if senior clergy had taken action against Fletcher years before his abuse, instead of moving the priest from parish to parish.
“There are many, many more victims so I want the commission to uncover that,” he said.
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