AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
Sophie Morris – The West Australian on October 10, 2016
Roger Herft has stood aside as the Anglican Archbishop of Perth, after admitting he failed to act in a former role on repeated warnings about paedophile priests.
His decision to stand aside makes him one of the highest ranking casualties of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
He told the commission in August he had “let down” the community of Newcastle, when he served as Bishop there between 1993 and 2005.
The church described his sidelining as temporary but senior Anglicans were divided on whether he might return as Archbishop.
“I have decided to voluntarily stand aside from my role, function and duties as Archbishop of Perth and Metropolitan of Western Australia with immediate effect,” he wrote in a letter to the diocese today after returning from long service leave.
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