From The Living Church-A 404-page report by an Australian Royal Commission into child abuse in the Diocese of Newcastle, released earlier this month, has drawn a public expression of remorse from the Primate of Australia, the Most Rev. Philip Freier.
Freier said, like other Australians, he had been shocked and dismayed as the Royal Commission uncovered more than two decades of clergy misconduct. Two former bishops of the diocese, Alfred Holland (1978-92) and Roger Herft (1993-2005, later Archbishop of Perth), showed a distinct lack of leadership, such that alleged perpetrators were not called to account.
A former Dean of Newcastle, Graeme Russell Lawrence, is currently on bail to appear in court on Feb. 14, charged with sex offenses against a 15-year-old boy in 1991.
This is the full text of Archbishop Freier’s statement:
More here-
https://livingchurch.org/2017/12/19/australian-archbishops-sorrow/
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