The Most Rev. Roger Herft, the former Archbishop of Perth in Australia, has been deposed from Holy Orders for failing to properly handle child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Bishop of Newcastle.
The Church of England's Archbishops' Council will draw on £2.6 million in unrestricted reserves to provide payments to the victims and the survivors of church-based sexual abuse.
Archbishop Philip Freier: “Anglicans have been truly shocked and dismayed at the unfolding in the Royal Commission of the scope of our failure to tackle child sexual abuse.”
