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	Anglican Clergy Whistleblower Resigns ABC [Australia] June 20, 2005 A senior South Australia clergyman who blew the whistle on the Anglican church's handling of sexual abuse claims has resigned from his church role. The Reverend Don Owers will leave his job at the end of the month, citing a tiring workload and continuing frustration at the way the church treats abuse victims. In 2002, Reverend Owers started publicly criticising the way former Adelaide Archbishop Ian George and Brisbane's Archbishop Phillip Aspinall handled sexual abuse allegations. Since then he has been an advocate for abuse victims and has continued as rector of St George's Church in suburban Adelaide. But he will walk away from that job at the end of the month, saying he is "tired out" and cannot give sufficient energy to both pursuits. He says he is also very disappointed with the way the church continues to respond to sex abuse victims. However, he is not leaving the church entirely and plans to continue his work with abuse victims and their families.