Mark Speakman announces significant increases in jail sentences for people who conceal child sexual abuse

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated January 30 2019 - 4:14pm, first published November 12 2018 - 4:29pm
Campaigners: NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman in Sydney today with Hunter child abuse survivors (from left) Peter Gogarty and Paul Gray, and Maitland Christian Church pastor Bob Cotton (far right). The Hunter man have campaigned for tougher penalties for concealing child sexual abuse.
Campaigners: NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman in Sydney today with Hunter child abuse survivors (from left) Peter Gogarty and Paul Gray, and Maitland Christian Church pastor Bob Cotton (far right). The Hunter man have campaigned for tougher penalties for concealing child sexual abuse.

NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman has announced significant increases in jail sentences for people who conceal child sexual abuse after a campaign led by Hunter survivors following the sentencing of former Catholic Archbishop Philip Wilson in Newcastle in August.

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