AUSTRALIA
The Canberra Times
August 6, 2014
David Ellery
Reporter for The Canberra Times.
Canberra’s Anglican bishop is investigating “disgraceful and inappropriate” behaviour by clergy and church workers in the diocese.
“There are matters with which I am currently dealing that do involve instances of abuse [in the Canberra-Goulburn diocese],” Bishop Stuart Robinson said on Wednesday. “They do involve disgraceful and inappropriate actions by leaders within the churches. And, yes, lives have been destroyed.”
Bishop Robinson was explaining the decision to hold a diocese-wide “Lamentation Sunday” this weekend to address the issue of child sex abuse.
“The Lamentation Sunday and apology is not predicated on anything other than the pain we are feeling as a result of the pain we have inflicted either directly or indirectly [on the victims of child sexual abuse] over the past 30 or 40 years,” he said.
“People responding to media reports and the royal commission tell us that these things are affecting them, even up to 50 years later, and they want to deal with them.”
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