AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald
By IAN KIRKWOOD July 17, 2013
THREE protesters, one with a sign saying ‘‘Paedophilia No More’’, followed Catholic Father William Burston out of Wednesday’s Special Commission of Inquiry in Newcastle.
Buttabah man Frank Scaysbrook verbally taunted Father Burston as he left the hearing with his advisers and a Newcastle woman, Pat Garnet, walked beside him holding the sign for the cameras.
This very public display of protest came minutes after Commission Margaret Cunneen warned the public gallery over its behaviour towards witnesses.
At the close of proceedings Ms Cunneen said Father Burston had been been approached in the waiting area outside the commission room and ‘‘subjected to rudeness’’.
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