AUSTRALIA
The Advocate
By ADAM LANGENBERG
Jan. 27, 2016
A PEDOPHILE priest was promoted to Archdeacon of Burnie by a former Anglican Bishop who had been told of allegations he had behaved inappropriately with young boys, a royal commission has heard.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is holding hearings in Hobart from Wednesday to Friday, February 5.
In her opening address, Counsel Assisting Naomi Sharp said then Bishop of Tasmania Phillip Newell was made aware of allegations from three boys about inappropriate behaviour from Louis Daniels in 1987, then the chairman of the Church of England Boys Society.
Daniels and former Tasmanian Priest Garth Hawkins, both convicted pedophiles, are the main focus of the inquiry relating to Tasmania.
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