Confusion reigned in a war of words between the ACT government and the Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn over who ordered the swift removal of Christian symbols from what was Calvary Public Hospital Bruce until it was taken over at midnight on Sunday.
Archbishop Christopher Prowse initially lambasted the ACT government for ordering the removal of Christian symbolism - only to learn that it was the Catholic health organisation which had decided to take the crosses and crucifixes down.