A Response to the Statement Made This Day by the Right Reverend Keith Slater, Bishop of the Diocese of Grafton.

Anglican Diocese of Grafton
May 17, 2013

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Following the resignation of the Right Reverend Keith Slater as Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Grafton today, Archdeacon Greg Ezzy will fulfil the role of Administrator until the appointment of a new Bishop.

On behalf of the interim leadership Archdeacon Ezzy stated today “We regret the serious error of judgment made by Bishop Keith Slater, when he responded to complaints of abuse which occurred at the North Coast Children’s Home some decades ago but we commend our Bishop for his honest acknowledgement of mistakes in this regard.

We support the genuine apology he has made to survivors of abuse. We affirm him in his generosity and courage in resigning his Episcopate as an expression of the serious effects that these decisions may have brought about for some of those survivors.

Along with our Bishop we grieve for those who continue to suffer as a result of past abuse.