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Annette Blackwell – AAP on August 12, 2016

Anglican Archbishop of Perth Roger Herft is expected to be in the witness stand at a royal commission investigating child sex abuse in a NSW diocese where he presided as bishop for 12 years.

Archbishop Herft’s appearance has been brought forward by the commission which says it will not complete the hearing into the Diocese of Newcastle in the time allotted.

For the past two weeks witnesses giving evidence into the Anglican Church’s handling of child abuse allegations against clergy and lay workers in the diocese in the Hunter region of NSW have faced lengthy cross-examinations.