Brisbane Priest Andrew Johns Defrocked over Child Exploitation Material Conviction

ABC News
November 7, 2015

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-07/brisbane-priest-defrocked-over-child-exploitation-material/6921392

Andrew Peter Stabback Johns, also known as Brother William, was convicted in February of two offences, dating back to between 2010 and 2014.

Johns was charged by police with one count of making child exploitation material and one count of possessing child exploitation material.

The offences occurred between February 26, 2010 and February 28, 2014 when the defendant was aged in his 80s.

Johns pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to 15 months in jail, wholly suspended for two years.

A statement from the Anglican Church said after Johns' guilty plea, the matter was referred to the Anglican church's professional standards board, who recommended that Brother William be deposed from Holy Orders.

The statement said Brisbane Archbishop Dr Phillip Aspinall formally deposed Johns from Holy Orders on October 23.