‘I was abused by clergy’: Bishop of Newcastle tells of abuse

Posted on October 26, 2015 
Filed under Australian dioceses

Bishop of Newcastle Greg Thompson“Anglican bishop Greg Thompson has spoken about being groomed by an Anglican bishop and senior clergyman in the 1970s and later sexually abused, after an historic diocese apology on Sunday for the ‘shameful’ treatment of abuse survivors in the past…”

– from The Sydney Morning Herald.

See also: Anglican bishop leading charge against child sexual abuse says he too was a victim – ABC News.

(Photo: In June 2015 Bishop Thompson apologised on behalf of the Diocese of Newcastle to all who have experienced abuse.)