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Ethan James

'No inquiry' about Tas nurse child abuser

The former chief executive of a Tasmanian hospital didn't make any inquiries about a male pedophile nurse who had worked at the facility's children's ward under his watch.

A commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse in the state's public service has this week examined the Launceston General Hospital and the case of James Geoffrey Griffin.

Griffin worked at the hospital for almost two decades and took his own life in October 2019 after being charged with child sexual abuse offences.

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