AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Dan Cox
An inquiry has heard a paedophile priest was allowed to continue running private reading classes at Catholic schools in the New South Wales Hunter Valley despite being accused of child sexual abuse.
The inquiry is investigating senior policeman Peter Fox’s claims the Maitland-Newcastle Catholic Diocese covered-up abuse by two priests, James Fletcher and Denis McAlinden.
Documents tendered this week show senior church officials knew about the abuse by both men but did not tell police.
Detective Chief Inspector Fox said all of the documents would have helped with his investigations.
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