AUSTRALIA
Sunshine Coast Daily
Sherele Moody | 22nd Jul 2016
ONE of Australia’s most senior Anglican clerics is refusing to comment on claims he did not report a “paedophile king pin” despite knowing the notorious sex monster was attacking young boys in the NSW Hunter region.
The 7.30 Report last night revealed Achbishop of Perth Roger Herft knew Father Peter Rushton was raping and sexually assaulting children.
However, the Archbishop told media outlets it would be “inappropriate” to comment before the next sittings of the Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.
Archbishop Herft reportedly kept the abuser’s attacks secret because he it appeared he feared the impact having an sex predator under his management would have on his career with the church.
The ABC was given a diary entry showing Archbishop Herft was told about about Rushton’s abuse of boys while the pair were working in the New South Wales Hunter Valley region.
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