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Moral Panic
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A group wanting action
against a former Christchurch doctor accused of misdiagnosing sex abuse has
sought help from Christchurch Central MP Tim Barnett. Barnett is chairman of
the Justice and Electoral select committee which is considering a petition
calling for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Christchurch Creche case. Pain (Parents Against
Injustice) said yesterday it was working with Barnett to pursue its claims
against Dr Dianne Espie over her diagnosis of young girls at Christchurch's
Glenelg Health Camp in the 1980s. The group decided to
lay a complaint with the Health and Disability Commissioner after meeting
Barnett, who encouraged them to exhaust all avenues, Pain founder Alan Fort
said. The Government has
refused to launch a ministerial inquiry into Espie's work at Glenelg, but
Barnett told The Press he was happy to play a role with Pain in
"presenting their case well" and had been assisting in his capacity
as a constituent MP. Using parliamentary
privilege in May, ACT MP Deborah Coddington made allegations about Espie's
role at the camp. In an exclusive
interview with The Press, Espie called the allegations "very
distressing" and "totally untrue". She did not return
calls from The Press yesterday. The group would also
present a submission to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee, Fort
said. Coddington said she
would keep the pressure on at Parliament. |
