AUSTRALIA
ABC News
A man who says he was abused at a north coast Anglican children’s home says the local bishop ignored his concerns for years.
Last Friday the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Grafton resigned, saying he failed in his duty to pass on complaints about the Lismore home to the church’s Professional Standards Director.
Bishop Keith Slater says the legal liability of so many complaints from residents at the Church of England North Coast Children’s Home, initially clouded the matter.
But former home resident and abuse survivor, Richard ‘Tommy’ Campion says the bishop didn’t want to hear his complaints.
“I would have written all up about a thousand letters.
“This man I knew he was doing wrong. Under the rules of the church he should listen to us.
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