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Melissa Iaria, AAP
Updated March 14, 2013
A former Anglican priest says he received death threats when he lifted the lid on another priest who was allowed to keep practising after admitting to sex abuse allegations.
Father Paul Walliker, who is now a priest in the Orthodox faith, said the priest concerned held a senior position in the Anglican Church in Victoria at the time.
The priest had abused another clergy member and there were other victims, Fr Walliker told a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into how religious and other organisations handle child abuse.
The perpetrator priest later admitted the abuse in a statement to the local bishop, who immediately asked for his resignation.
But Fr Walliker said there was intervention from higher authorities who made up a story that the perpetrator would retire owing to ill health.
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