I’ve wondered if you’ve noticed the same thing as me? When it comes to big difficult topics of discussion there’s a tendency to do one of two things. First, if something is very clear then those who don’t want it to be clear can be tempted to suggest that things are a lot more complicated […]
View Post Bishop Greg Thompson, Bishop Peter Stuart, clarity, Diocese of Newcastle, Royal Commission into Child Abuse
In what is likely to be a very well-received letter amongst conservatives, Archbishop of Melbourne Philip Freier (Primate of Australia) has written to all Australian bishops and published on his own website: Dear brothers and sisters, The proposed plebiscite on same-sex marriage has been one of the more contentious topics in 2016. Individual Anglicans have adopted […]
View Post Anglican Church of Australia, Archbishop Philip Freier, Bishop John Parkes, Bishop Phillip Huggins, marriage, matrimony, same-sex marriage
As we reported last Friday, the entire council of Newcastle Cathedral has been removed from their positions. The Newcastle Herald has it’s own version of the story: NEWCASTLE Christchurch Cathedral’s parish council has been sacked, and senior Anglicans have been stood down, after the royal commission heard evidence of “coordinated opposition” to Bishop Greg Thompson following public […]
View Post Bishop Greg Thompson, Bishop Peter Stuart, Diocese of Newcastle, Newcastle Cathedral, Royal Commission
Archbishop Roger Herft has issued a pastoral letter [pdf] responding to questions around his future following his testimony at the Royal Commission.
View Post Archbishop Roger Herft, pastoral letter, Royal Commission
Perhaps the most explosive element of last Tuesday’s hearings at the Royal Commission here in Australia was the closing testimony of Robert Caddies, a lawyer who had previous served the Diocese of Newcastle. Caddies was one of a number of members of the diocese who had signed a letter sent to Justice McClellan, the presiding judge at […]
View Post Archbishop Glenn Davies, Bishop Greg Thompson, Diocese of Newcastle, letters, Royal Commission
This week has been an awful one for Archbishop of Perth, Roger Herft. On Monday and Tuesday he faced sustained questioning at the Royal Commission on Institutional Responses to Child Abuse about his leadership of the Diocese of Newcastle at a time when many allegations were made that clergy and lay leaders had sexually abused children. […]
View Post Anglican Church of Australia, Archbishop of Perth, Archbishop Roger Herft, Bishop of Newcastle, child abuse, Diocese of Newcastle, Newcastle Herald, resignation, Royal Commission
See, I can do alliteration like the best of them. Buckle yourself in, this may be a slightly longer ride. This weekend has seen a remarkable exchange in the media between the two main political parties here in Australia over the question of the upcoming plebiscite on redefining marriage. In a fascinating turnaround Labor party […]
View Post 1Peter, A.C. Grayling, apostle Paul, Bill Shorten, Brexit, democracy, Justice Michael Kirby, Malcolm Turnbull, marriage, plebiscite, Prime Minister, romans, same-sex marriage, TrumpA difficult episode of Anglican TV to record as we discuss the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse here in Australia. Simply put, the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle dealt phenomenally badly with repeated allegations of abuse of children made in the 1990s and 2000s. At the centre of these allegations sites the current Archbishop […]
View Post Archbishop Roger Herft, child abuse, Diocese of Newcastle, Royal Commission