Royal Commission Told Anglican Church Took No Action after Paedophile Was Found Naked in Spa Bath with 10-year-old Boy

By Nigel Hunt
The Advertiser
January 27, 2016

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THE Anglican Church took no action after employee and suspected paedophile Robert Brandenburg was found naked in a spa bath with a 10-year-old boy, a royal commission has been told.

Former Archbishop Ian George ordered an inquiry into the incident.

But both Dr George and the then head of Anglican Community Services, Gerard Menses, accepted Brandenburg’s explanation the spa romp was “innocent in nature”.

Neither the diocese nor ACS, which employed Brandenburg as a manager of youth campsites, took any further action.

Neither was the incident reported to police for investigation.

This was despite records showing that representatives of the Adelaide diocese of the Anglican Church were first made aware of detailed allegations of sexual abuse of children by Brandenburg as early as 1978.