AUSTRALIA
The Australian
Rebecca Puddy
From:The Australian
April 23, 2012
EMBATTLED MP Peter Slipper will be asked to stand down from his role as a priest in the Traditional Anglican Communion while allegations he sexually harassed a male adviser and misused taxpayer money are investigated.
Australian leader of the Traditional Anglican Communion John Hepworth said yesterday Mr Slipper, an ordained priest, would be asked to stand down in the wake of the allegations made by James Ashby.
As chancellor of the breakaway TAC, Mr Slipper is the chief legal adviser to Archbishop Hepworth.
The move to suspend Mr Slipper from his church role came yesterday, soon after the Queensland MP stood aside as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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