The Catholic Church's insurance company has been ordered to reappear before the royal commission into child sex abuse on Friday to explain why it has failed to produce documents requested by the inquiry.
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Catholic Church Insurance (CCI) was issued with a subpoena on February 4 to produce a wide range of documents relating to the church's response to cases of child sex abuse.
But Fairfax Media understands those documents have still not been produced, and the commission has now called a directions hearing with the sole purpose of finding out why.
The hearing will take place at the commission's headquarters in Phillip Street, Sydney, on Friday, and will be presided over by its chairman, Justice Peter McClellan.
CCI was the subject of intense questioning and widespread public condemnation when it appeared before the commission earlier this year.
It emerged that the insurer was centrally involved in the development of the church's controversial response to the victims of clergy abuse, including its attempts to avoid legal and financial liability.
In many cases, the commission heard, CCI dictated how the church's compensation and redress schemes should be written.
