This last weekend saw synods in the dioceses of both Brisbane and Perth. Brisbane debated Dean Peter Catt’s motion to ask for blessings of same-sex marriages (as previously reported here). In what was as well-run debate, carefully moderated by Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, Catt’s motion was considered in an amended form that made what was at […]
The synod of the diocese of Perth has met this last weekend at Peter Moyes Anglican Community School with an overall mood which one correspondent described to davidould.net as “great discontent bordering on anger”. The synod, presided over by current administrator Bishop Kate Wilmot, was a fractious affair dominated by a number of contentious issues. […]
What many had suspected was soon to come (and we amongst many had suggested needed to come) has finally happened. This from the Diocese of Perth: 15 December 2016 The Archbishop of Perth, The Most Reverend Roger Herft, informed the Diocesan Council today of his decision to retire a year ahead of schedule, namely 7 […]
This posted up on the Perth Diocesan website Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ I have returned from long service leave. In God’s providence it was good to have this time away. I was grateful to have the opportunity to meet with members of the Diocese in recent weeks. I am grateful to each of […]
Archbishop Roger Herft has issued a pastoral letter [pdf] responding to questions around his future following his testimony at the 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. […]
A 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 […]
In his recent Charge to Synod (Presidential Address) the Archbishop of Perth, Roger Herft, has included a thiny-veiled criticism of the GAFCON movement’s leadership. The remarks can be found in the “Anglican Communion” section [pdf] of the speech (my emphasis): The growing influence of GAFCON in many parts of the world, including Australia, raises questions […]
The Perth Anglican website is reporting that assistant bishop Kay Goldsworthy has been appointed the new Diocesan bishop of Gippsland, replacing John McIntyre who passed away suddenly earlier this year. (No announcement on the Gippsland website yet). From Archbishop Roger Herft: I write with the news that Bishop Kay has been elected by the Bishop […]
