Solicitor acted for victim and church

AUSTRALIA
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By Annette Blackwell – AAP on August 8, 2016

A solicitor has denied he advised a former bishop of a NSW Anglican diocese to say he could not recall when giving evidence to the child sex abuse royal commission.

Keith Allen who had been a member of several boards in the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle for 40 years has returned to the witness stand for a second day at a commission hearing into how the diocese handled abuse allegations over 30 years.

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