Brisbane Priest Deposed from Holy Orders

Brisbane Times
November 7, 2015

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/brisbane-priest-deposed-from-holy-orders-20151107-gktc34.html

An elderly Brisbane priest has been deposed from his Holy Orders for possessing child exploitation material.

Andrew Peter Stabback Johns was convicted in February after more than 1000 child exploitation images that he had stored on his computer between 2010 and 2014 were found.

Johns was 88 when he was sentenced to 15 months behind bars. The sentence was wholly suspended for two years given his age.

The Anglican Diocese of Brisbane announced on Saturday that the Archbishop of Brisbane, Dr Phillip Aspinall, formally deposed Johns from Holy Orders on October 23.