AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Emilie Gramenz
Peter Hollingworth, a former Anglican archbishop of Brisbane and Australian governor-general, was warned a paedophile priest “posed a risk of re-offending”, a psychiatrist has told an inquiry.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is investigating the Anglican Church and its youth group, the Church of England Boys Society (CEBS).
Brisbane psychiatrist Dr John Slaughter told a hearing in Hobart he consulted with Anglican priest John Elliot in 1993.
Mr Hollingworth had asked the psychiatrist to see Elliot after an allegation of abuse, and Elliot allowed information about the sessions to be relayed back to the then-archbishop, Dr Slaughter said.
The inquiry heard Elliot told Dr Slaughter about previous offences, disclosing that he remained sexually attracted to boys and preferred boys who were around puberty.
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