June 03, 2005

Anglican paedophile ring claims surface

AUSTRALIA
ABC

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Fresh allegations have been raised about a paedophile ring operating within the Anglican church in Australia in the 1980s.

Former Anglican archdeacon Louis Victor Daniels was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail last month for molesting 10 youths aged between 11 and 19.

One of his victims, Tasmanian Brett Andrew Skipper, killed himself last year just months before Daniels was arrested.

Brett Skipper's mother, Zena, says her son was sent from Hobart to Adelaide, where he was abused by then-Anglican youth worker Bob Brandenburg.

"He did on two occasions," she told the ABC TV's program.Stateline

"This again was bribery - with promises to go to the grand prix and literally do what they wanted."

Posted by kshaw at June 3, 2005 07:53 AM