Retired bishop Philip Newell bids to stop church disciplinary action after child abuse inquiry

From Tasmania-

A former Tasmanian bishop who was being investigated by the Anglican Church following findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has made an 11th-hour application for proceedings to be permanently suspended.

In February last year, Anglican Bishop Richard Condie revealed he had started a church disciplinary process to investigate Philip Newell. 

That move came after a report released by the royal commission referred to evidence that bishop Newell had been made aware in 1987 that now-convicted paedophile Louis Daniels had sexually abused three boys.

Bishop Newell allowed Daniels to stay in the Church, and promoted him to a high-ranking position two years later on the basis he "amend his life".

The commission found:

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-21/bishop-philip-newell-in-bid-to-top-church-child-abuse-probe/10292212