AUSTRALIA
Daily Examiner
THE Anglican Diocese of Grafton said while it regretted Bishop Keith Slater’s “error in judgment”, it commended “his honest acknowledgment of mistakes in this regard”.
Following the resignation of the Right Reverend Keith Slater as Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Grafton yesterday, Archdeacon Greg Ezzy will fulfil the role of administrator until the appointment of a new bishop.
Archdeacon Ezzy said the diocese was satisfied that action had been taken to fix past mistakes and it will act on any identified in the future.
“We regret the serious error of judgment made by Bishop Keith Slater when he responded to complaints of abuse which occurred at the North Coast Children’s Home some decades ago but we commend our bishop for his honest acknowledgement of mistakes in this regard,” Archdeacon Ezzy said.
“We support the genuine apology he has made to survivors of abuse. We affirm him in his generosity and courage in resigning his episcopate as an expression of the serious effects that these decisions may have brought about for some of those survivors.
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