AUSTRALIA
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AAP
Australia’s former governor-general, Peter Hollingworth, is due to front a royal commission to give his account of how the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane responded to allegations of child sex abuse when he headed it.
Dr Hollingworth, the former Anglican archbishop of Brisbane, is listed to appear in Hobart on Wednesday when he is expected to make an apology to abuse victims, citing a serious error of judgment on the church’s handling of the matters.
Some evidence linked to Dr Hollingworth relates to John Elliot, who was a lay member of the Church of England Boys’ Society from the late 1950s, including in Tasmania.
The first report of Elliot’s misconduct was made to the Brisbane diocese in mid-1993 and was immediately escalated to Dr Hollingworth, the commission has been told.
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