Article 6BEND Anglican church rechecking ruling on Hollingworth after mistakenly giving survivor her abuser’s surname

Anglican church rechecking ruling on Hollingworth after mistakenly giving survivor her abuser’s surname

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Christopher Knaus
from World news | The Guardian on (#6BEND)

Church named survivor Beth Heinrich as Beth Shearman', wrongly giving her the surname of her abuser, Donald Shearman

The Anglican church's professional standards body is rechecking its decision on Peter Hollingworth for errors almost two weeks after circulating a version that mistakenly gave a survivor her abuser's surname.

Last month, the church's professional standards board found that Hollingworth should be kept in the church despite six findings of misconduct against him, including that he failed to act to remove pedophiles while archbishop of Brisbane in the 1990s.

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