AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
Nick Butterly
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Perth’s Anglican Church has revealed known sex offenders are being asked to sign “worshipping agreements” if they want to attend parish services under strict supervision arrangements.
The details come after figures released as part of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse hearings appeared to show Perth had a high number of sex offenders attending Church services compared with other cities.
In March, the director of professional standards for the Perth diocese of the Anglican Church, Tracie Chambers-Clark, told the royal commission she was “managing” 57 people of concern in the diocese.
By comparison, only two people were being managed in Sydney, with 15 people under supervision in Brisbane.
Ms Chambers-Clark told the royal commission the Perth Church had amended its policies so that anyone who was seen to be demonstrating “problematic behaviour” or was putting people at risk had been blocked from attending services.
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