AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
By Ava Benny-Morrison, AAP
Updated November 21, 2013
By not acting on a letter revealing horrific abuse at the hands of an Anglican Church clergyman, Philip Gerber admits he may have put other vulnerable children at risk.
Pressed before a royal commission on why he did not look up the offending cleric, the former professional standards director said the alleged perpetrator had a common surname – Brown.
It is in retrospect that Mr Gerber has admitted his oversight and expressed remorse at not referring the 2005 letter detailing physical and sexual abuse to police.
The letter was from Richard “Tommy” Campion, a survivor of abuse at the North Coast Children’s Home at Lismore in NSW.
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