AUSTRALIA
The Australian
February 3, 2017
DAN BOX
Crime reporterSydney
@DanBox10
Two brothers are suing the Anglican Church after a 42-year campaign to seek justice over their alleged child abuse at the hands of a priest ended with his death just weeks before he was to face court.
The case has also been investigated in a royal commission hearing that uncovered damning evidence about the church’s handling of the allegations and led to the early retirement of the Archbishop of Perth, Roger Herft.
One of the two brothers hugged the detectives involved in the case after a brief final hearing in Newcastle Local Court yesterday, during which magistrate Ian Cheetham declined to dismiss the charges against the priest.
The file will now show only that the priest, George Parker, died before he could be tried.
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