PERTH (AUSTRALIA)
The West Australian
December 26, 2017
By Liam Croy and Claire Tyrrell
The Anglican Dean of Perth apologised for the hurt the Church has caused in a moving Christmas Day sermon.
Speaking after the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, the Very Rev. Richard Pengelley said the Church deserved much of the bad press it had endured.
“I am deeply sorry for the ways in which we have hurt people,” he said.
Mr Pengelley told worshippers at St George’s Cathedral the Church was inclusive of all cultures, sexualities and walks of life.
He pointed to the good work it did in the community, from helping with food relief to providing music and arts programs.
“We support charities … we are home to memorials and burials,” he said. “We support refugees, lobby for justice and we lobby to be inclusive.”
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