AUSTRALIA
The Australian
DAN BOX
From:The Australian
September 10, 20121:34PM
THREE senior Anglican priests, including the former Dean of Newcastle, have been defrocked after allegedly having sex with a teenage boy.
One other priest, as well as an Anglican schoolteacher, has also been disciplined by the Bishop of Newcastle, in central NSW, after alleged involvement in group sex sessions with the boy.
Announcing his decision this afternoon, Bishop Brian Farran said some of the priests had been found to have “engaged in serious sexual misconduct including misconduct when the complainant was a child. Each of them failed to report the misconduct when they were legally obliged to do so.”
An investigation by the Diocese of Newcastle’s Professional Standards Board found one of the four priests, Reverend Andrew Duncan, “engaged in an ongoing sexual relationship” with the boy – named only as M – from the age of 14.
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