Article 6BPK6 Peter Hollingworth to cease practising as an Anglican priest to ‘end distress’ for survivors

Peter Hollingworth to cease practising as an Anglican priest to ‘end distress’ for survivors

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Christopher Knaus
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The former governor general was last month reprimanded over his failure to remove paedophiles from the church's ranks while Brisbane archbishop

Peter Hollingworth has announced he will cease practising as an Anglican priest and will hand back his permission to officiate, citing a desire to end distress" for survivors and stop division" in the church.

Hollingworth was last month the subject of serious misconduct findings, delivered after a protracted internal church process, which reprimanded him for his failure to remove paedophiles from the church's ranks while Brisbane archbishop in the 1990s.

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