AUSTRALIA
The Guardian
Australian Associated Press
Monday 2 March 2015
A senior church figure who was on the council of Sydney’s Knox Grammar has denied giving advice that school records should be destroyed.
James Mein, who was moderator of the Uniting Church in Australia and on the council of the Sydney school, said neither he nor any solicitor he knew advised the school to destroy records.
He was giving evidence at a royal commission into sexual abuse on Monday
Counsel assisting the commission David Lloyd said on Monday it was not his intention to recommend finding against Mein in relation to the records.
Lloyd said Dwane Feehley, whose email contained an allegation that a solicitor assisted by Mein was advising Knox to destroy records, was overseas and could not be compelled to appear.
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