FORMER Adamstown Anglican priest Chris Bird has been permanently removed from office and stripped of his Holy Orders after he was found to have committed acts of assault, intimidation and bullying over a number of decades.
The Newcastle Herald reported last year that Mr Bird had been suspended and given six months to rehabilitate himself after the Professional Standards Board found a number of complaints proven, including that he failed to report an allegation of sexual assault against defrocked and disgraced former Newcastle Anglican Dean Graeme Lawrence.
