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Ben Knight and Victorian state political reporter Richard Willingham

Abuse survivors complain of being shut out of church hearing into former governor-general Peter Hollingworth

Former governor-general Peter Hollingworth outside the church hearing earlier this month. (ABC News)

Two weeks ago, former governor-general Peter Hollingworth walked into the hearing that will decide if he should be stripped of holy orders over his handling of child sex abuse cases as Anglican archbishop of Brisbane in the 1990s.

But only one of his accusers, Beth Heinrich, was there — and says she was told she would only have the opportunity to read a victim impact statement.

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