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Paedophile expose The Altar Boys by former ABC Lateline journalist Suzanne Smith hits the shops today

Ian Kirkwood
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:06am, first published August 20 2020 - 8:16am
HISTORY'S PAGE: The Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle from 1976 to 1995, Leo Clarke, with his director of Catholic education from 1974 to 1990, Monsignor Frank Coolahan. All pictures: The Altar Boys
HISTORY'S PAGE: The Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle from 1976 to 1995, Leo Clarke, with his director of Catholic education from 1974 to 1990, Monsignor Frank Coolahan. All pictures: The Altar Boys

THE late Monsignor Frank Coolahan, a long-serving director of Catholic education in the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese, was a major reason paedophiles were able to be shifted from school to school when their activities created problems, a new book on the Hunter's paedophile scourge alleges.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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