AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald
Joanne McCarthy and Dominica Sanda
2 Aug 2016
Tuesday, August 2
Opening address
10.45AM
Peter Rushton named. Born in 1940, completed diploma in theology at Morpeth college in 1963. Ordained as a priest in 1964. Met survivor Paul Gray in Cessnock at that time.
10.35AM
Counsel assisting Naomi Sharp opens her address.
Newcastle diocese established in 1847, stretching from the Central Coast to the Manning and Paterson areas in the north, and the Hunter region.
“This is the sixth public hearing that relates to the Anglican Church,”
– Ms Sharp.
Newcastle Anglican diocese is largely Anglo Catholic in theology, explains why many of the priests in the diocese refer to themselves as Father rather than Reverend.
Newcastle Bishops Ian Shevill (1973-77), Bishop Alfred Holland (1978-1992), Bishop Roger Herft (1992-2005), Bishop Brian Farran (2005-2012) and current Bishop Greg Thompson (2012 to the present.)
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