AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald
IAN KIRKWOOD
18 Nov 2016
NEWCASTLE’S assistant Anglican Bishop Peter Stuart has told the Royal Commission that Newcastle had more of a problem with clerical child sexual abuse than either Adelaide or Tasmania, where he had also worked.
Concluding his evidence to the Royal Commission, Bishop Stuart said Tasmania had developed a “culture of awareness and an arena of safety” and he did not think such a set-up had been in place in Newcastle.
Resuming after the morning adjournment, Bishop Stuart was asked about the congregation at St Stephens, Adamstown, where the defrocked former dean of Newcastle, Graeme Lawrence, has been worshipping in the congregation of Reverend Chris Bird.
Bishop Stuart said he had concerns about Mr Lawrence worshipping there.
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