AUSTRALIA
ABC News
Roger Herft has temporarily stood aside as Anglican Archbishop of Perth.
In a letter to parishioners, Archbishop Herft said he would stand aside with immediate effect, to “focus my attention on the royal commission’s ongoing inquiry into the Diocese of Newcastle”.
The Archbishop gave evidence at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in August.
He finished his testimony with an apology to the people of Newcastle, where he served as bishop between 1993 and 2005.
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