Man who claims to have 'nearly killed a priest' to stop a sexual assault calls for state abuse inquiry to be widenedMORNING REPORT/RNZ Ardern responds to claims of reneging on abuse inquiryA man who claims to have "nearly killed a priest" with his bare hands to stop an attempted ​sexual assault is calling on the Government to widen the scope of its historic state abuse inquiry. If faith-based institutions were to be incorporated into the inquiry, the Catholic Church said it would "cooperate whole-heartedly". STUFF Calls for the Government to widen the scope of its sexual abuse in state care inquiry have been renewed by a man who claims to have survived an attempted sexual assault by choking a priest. "I call on the New Zealand Government to include the Church in its inquiry into sexual abuse in state care," he posted on Facebook. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Children's Minister Tracey Martin announced there would be a Royal Commission of Inquiry into historic state care abuse earlier this month.

Source: Stuff February 27, 2018 07:57 UTC