A royal commission has begun a public investigation
into allegations of child abuse by the Catholic diocese of
Maitland-Newcastle.
The Royal Commission into Institutional
Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has turned its focus to the Catholic
diocese in the Hunter after spending recent days investigating cases of abuse in the region's Anglican diocese.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-31/royal-commission-to-explore-child-abuse-'epicentre'-in-newcastle/7799774