Inquiry member ‘did not hand in file’

THE chairwoman of the Catholic Church’s internal inquiry into paedophile priests was making no comment yesterday on reports a member of her team once failed to turn over a crucial complaints file in another child sex abuse investigation.

It is understood retired judge Gillian Hussey is waiting to discuss the matter with commission member Robert Bunting, who was criticised by the Hughes Inquiry into the Kincora Boys Home in Belfast in 1986.

Judge Hussey personally appointed Mr Bunting, along with five other legal and childcare professionals, to the commission last month and he has been attending the group’s meetings as they work to thrash out terms of references for the inquiry.