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Exclusive: Joe Johns, who says he faced damaging rumours after trying to report allegations about another chaplain’s behaviour, speaks out as final hearing of the royal commission into defence and veteran suicide begins
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A former air force chaplain who fought for a decade to clear his name after being obstructed and smeared for trying to report serious allegations about a colleague’s behaviour has spoken out about his treatment for the first time, describing the chaplaincy culture as a “wolf pack”.
Ahead of Thursday’s final hearing of the royal commission into defence and veteran suicide, Joe Johns told Guardian Australia about his years-long experience after he tried in 2010 to report allegations about another male chaplain’s behaviour – particularly with women – on operations in the Middle East.
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