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27 October 2015

Anglican bishop leading charge against child sexual abuse says he too was a victim

As Newcastle's Anglican bishop Greg Thompson urges his diocese to come to terms with the church's poor handling of child sexual abuse, he has revealed that he too was a victim of abuse.
Members of the Synod took part in an historic vote at the weekend, making a formal apology from the Newcastle Diocese, acknowledging it actively discouraged those who reported abuse. Synod members watched video interviews of two Newcastle priests recounting harrowing stories of their own experience of being sexually abused as children.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-26/bishop-leading-charge-against-child-sexual-abuse-a-victim-too/6884270