AUSTRALIA
Central Western Daily
MURRAY NICHOLLS
5 Jul 2017
THE Anglican Diocese of Bathurst is preparing a new list of potential asset sales as it braces for multi-million dollar compensation payouts for victims of sexual abuse.
Bishop Ian Palmer wrote to parishioners at the weekend asking them to identify assets within their communities that could be sold to help raise $2 million.
It comes a year after the diocese was forced into a fire sale of assets to help repay a $40 million debt to the Commonwealth Bank.
Additionally, in October, 2013 the diocese sold Orange Anglican Grammar School and Macquarie Anglican Grammar School in Dubbo to the Sydney Anglican School Corporation.
Bishop Palmer said in the letter to parishioners that the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses To Child Sexual Abuse had highlighted the damage to victims.
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