AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Giselle Wakatama
A former New South Wales MP who warned about clergy abuse in the Hunter Valley says people should be evicted from the Catholic church in the wake of a damning Special Commission of Inquiry.
The Inquiry looked at cover-ups relating to paedophile priests Denis McAlinden and James Fletcher.
Commissioner Margaret Cunneen was critical of some church witnesses saying they were misleading or reluctant to give evidence.
Former Independent MP John Hatton who is credited with instigating the Wood Royal Commission into police also gave evidence.
More than 25 years ago Mr Hatton wrote to the then Archbishop of Sydney Edward Clancy, raising concerns about McAlinden.
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