AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By David Marchese
A former senior member of Newcastle’s Anglican church has told the child abuse royal commission he has not been actively trying to ‘destroy’ the career of a bishop working to uncover child abuse in the diocese.
A hearing into the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse’s 42nd case study has resumed in Sydney after a two-month break, with two former bishops and the current bishop of Newcastle, Greg Thompson, expected to give evidence.
The commission has previously heard of widespread child sexual abuse within Newcastle’s Anglican Church, spanning several decades.
Former diocesan solicitor Robert Caddies resumed his evidence this morning, where he was questioned about a “bloc” within Newcastle’s cathedral seeking to undermine Bishop Thompson.
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