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AAP on November 8, 2016
Former Federal Court judge Tony Whitlam has settled a defamation suit against the ABC over a Four Corners report about pedophile priest John Farrell.
Mr Whitlam, son of former prime minister Gough Whitlam, had accused the public broadcaster of portraying him as a “stooge” who took money from the Catholic Church to rig an inquiry and cover up Farrell’s crimes.
A Federal Court order on Tuesday confirmed the two parties had reached a settlement and that a previous referral to mediation would be dismissed.
Mr Whitlam, 72, lodged the defamation suit in response to the Four Corners report broadcast in May when Farrell was jailed for 29 years for 79 child sex offences.
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