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15 March 2017

Child abuse in Anglican Church to be examined

The extent of child sex abuse in the Australian Anglican Church will be laid bare as its leaders answer for what one bishop describes as a protection racket for pedophiles. Church records on child sex abuse claims will be released as its senior leaders face the royal commission's final Anglican hearing that begins in Sydney on Friday.
University of Sydney law professor Patrick Parkinson says there are pockets within the Anglican Church that have pretty appalling records of child abuse. 'There's definitely pockets of real shame in the Anglican Church,' Professor Parkinson told

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/nsw/2017/03/12/child-abuse-in-anglican-church-to-be-examined.html