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An organization overseeing almost 600 Catholic schools in the Australian state of New South Wales announced Friday that it had fired its chief executive, days after he appeared before a state corruption watchdog inquiry, and erased his phone and iPhone hard drives amid the corruption probe.
Catholic Schools NSW said Aug. 21 that its board had “unanimously determined” that CEO Dallas McInerney no longer enjoyed the confidence required to lead the body into the future.
Catholic Schools NSW added that the board had terminated its employment agreement with McInerney, who had served as chief executive since 2017, with immediate effect.
The move came after McInerney’s appearance before an inquiry by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption known as Operation Rosny.
The commission is investigating allegations that McInerney channeled political donations via Catholic Schools NSW to the Reformers, a Christian conservative faction of the New South Wales division of the Liberal Party of Australia, without properly disclosing the transfers and potentially in breach of donation limits.
The inquiry is particularly sensitive because Catholic Schools NSW
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