From Australia-One of the Anglican church’s most senior figures, the former archbishop of Perth Roger Herft, is under internal investigation for failing to report all allegations of child sexual abuse to the police while he was bishop of Newcastle.
On Thursday the church issued a statement confirming Herft is being investigated by the Episcopal Standards Commission, the Anglican body for dealing with allegations about bishops.
“The Episcopal Standards Commission is investigating the many issues which arise from the information it has received. It will determine its course of action as soon as it can,” a church spokesman said.
Herft’s conduct while he was the bishop of Newcastle between May 1993 and February 2005 was scrutinised by the child sexual abuse royal commission, which delivered its final report in December 2017.
It comes almost three years after Herft gave evidence to the royal commission that while he understood matters of child abuse should be reported to the police, he believed he was only obliged to report when he received a complaint of substance, and if he knew the name of the complainant.
More here-
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/31/former-archbishop-under-investigation-for-failing-to-report-all-child-abuse-allegations
and here-
https://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/former-perth-anglican-archbishop-roger-herft-could-be-defrocked-amid-royal-commission-into-child-abuse-findings/news-story/1dc888faa239e5c9e2027575c302bbf5
and here-
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-31/roger-herft-under-investigation-by-anglican-church/10768102
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