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EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: The NSW Special Commission of Inquiry has been told
that a police investigation into alleged concealment of child sexual assault by
senior clergy in the Hunter was very thorough.
Ian Lloyd QC was brought into the inquiry to assess the three briefs of evidence
presented to the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions by Strike Force Lantel.
Mr Lloyd's report revealed that one very senior serving clergyman has refused to
give an interview to the strike force.
Suzie Smith reports from Newcastle.
SUZIE SMITH, REPORTER: In the witness box former senior Crown Prosecutor, Ian
Lloyd QC. He's the Commission's independent witness called in for his
professional opinions. Today he was asked about the claim by whistleblower
police officer, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox that Strike Force Lantel was
set up to fail. Mr Lloyd told the inquiry the strike force's briefs were of an
excellent standard. He said:
(EXTRACT FROM REPORT TO SPECIAL COMMISSION)
IAN LLOYD, QC (VOICEOVER): The Brief of Evidence is as good as I have seen in
many countries... It is on an excellent standard... thorough and rigorous...
SUZIE SMITH: Mr Lloyd also gave evidence about the key witness statements taken
by DCI Peter Fox for his investigations. He told the inquiry they were of a
fundamental importance. He said:
(EXTRACT FROM REPORT TO SPECIAL COMMISSION)
IAN LLOYD, QC (VOICEOVER): It's patently clear... that DCI Fox has great empathy
and had formed a very fine rapport with victims he's interviewed.
SUZIE SMITH: Ian Lloyd QC dismissed claims that the investigation had gone on
too long. He said the two year period was not unreasonable given the historical
nature of the crime. In his report tendered as evidence to the inquiry, he said
one senior serving member of the clergy had decided not give an interview to
police.
(EXTRACT FROM REPORT TO SPECIAL COMMISSION)
IAN LLOYD, QC (VOICEOVER): The one exception, a still serving senior member of
the RCC (Roman Catholic Church) clergy, exercised his legal right to refuse to
be question by police.
SUZIE SMITH: A statement tendered yesterday by the head of the NSW Sex Crimes
Squad Detective Inspector Paul Jacob referred to:
(EXTRACT FROM REPORT TO SPECIAL COMMISSION)
PAUL JACOB, DETECTIVE INSPECTOR (VOICEOVER): Archbishop Wilson and his declining
to be interviewed... I do not regard this as an obstruction, but merely as the
exercise of Archbishop Wilson's legal rights.
SUZIE SMITH: Archbishop Philip Wilson is the head of the Archdiocese of
Adelaide.
Also giving evidence today Assistant Commissioner Max Mitchell. He denied he
gave DCI Fox a direction to stop investigating the alleged cover up by members
of the clergy of paedophilia in the Newcastle Maitland diocese.
The inquiry resumes again in late June in Newcastle.
Suzie Smith, Lateline.
Hail Satan
Transcript
EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: The NSW Special Commission of Inquiry has been told
that a police investigation into alleged concealment of child sexual assault by
senior clergy in the Hunter was very thorough.
Ian Lloyd QC was brought into the inquiry to assess the three briefs of evidence
presented to the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions by Strike Force Lantel.
Mr Lloyd's report revealed that one very senior serving clergyman has refused to
give an interview to the strike force.
Suzie Smith reports from Newcastle.
SUZIE SMITH, REPORTER: In the witness box former senior Crown Prosecutor, Ian
Lloyd QC. He's the Commission's independent witness called in for his
professional opinions. Today he was asked about the claim by whistleblower
police officer, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox that Strike Force Lantel was
set up to fail. Mr Lloyd told the inquiry the strike force's briefs were of an
excellent standard. He said:
(EXTRACT FROM REPORT TO SPECIAL COMMISSION)
IAN LLOYD, QC (VOICEOVER): The Brief of Evidence is as good as I have seen in
many countries... It is on an excellent standard... thorough and rigorous...
SUZIE SMITH: Mr Lloyd also gave evidence about the key witness statements taken
by DCI Peter Fox for his investigations. He told the inquiry they were of a
fundamental importance. He said:
(EXTRACT FROM REPORT TO SPECIAL COMMISSION)
IAN LLOYD, QC (VOICEOVER): It's patently clear... that DCI Fox has great empathy
and had formed a very fine rapport with victims he's interviewed.
SUZIE SMITH: Ian Lloyd QC dismissed claims that the investigation had gone on
too long. He said the two year period was not unreasonable given the historical
nature of the crime. In his report tendered as evidence to the inquiry, he said
one senior serving member of the clergy had decided not give an interview to
police.
(EXTRACT FROM REPORT TO SPECIAL COMMISSION)
IAN LLOYD, QC (VOICEOVER): The one exception, a still serving senior member of
the RCC (Roman Catholic Church) clergy, exercised his legal right to refuse to
be question by police.
SUZIE SMITH: A statement tendered yesterday by the head of the NSW Sex Crimes
Squad Detective Inspector Paul Jacob referred to:
(EXTRACT FROM REPORT TO SPECIAL COMMISSION)
PAUL JACOB, DETECTIVE INSPECTOR (VOICEOVER): Archbishop Wilson and his declining
to be interviewed... I do not regard this as an obstruction, but merely as the
exercise of Archbishop Wilson's legal rights.
SUZIE SMITH: Archbishop Philip Wilson is the head of the Archdiocese of
Adelaide.
Also giving evidence today Assistant Commissioner Max Mitchell. He denied he
gave DCI Fox a direction to stop investigating the alleged cover up by members
of the clergy of paedophilia in the Newcastle Maitland diocese.
The inquiry resumes again in late June in Newcastle.
Suzie Smith, Lateline.
Hail Satan
