Royal commission: Church file notes reveal concerns about child sexual abuse

By Ian Kirkwood
Updated August 11 2016 - 2:21pm, first published August 8 2016 - 11:00pm

THE royal commission has heard sensational evidence of a “cover-up” of sexual abuse by Anglican priests in the Newcastle diocese, including an alleged secret file of misconduct cases kept in “brown envelopes” by former bishop Roger Herft – now the Archbishop of Perth.

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