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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

Peter Hollingworth’s decision to cease practising as a priest not enough, abuse survivors say

Peter Hollingworth
Peter Hollingworth has decided to stop practising as a priest but survivors continue to urge the Anglican church to defrock him. Photograph: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Abuse survivors are maintaining a push for Peter Hollingworth to be defrocked despite the former archbishop’s decision to cease practising as a priest, urging the Anglican church to “finally do the right thing”.

Hollingworth last week announced he would voluntarily cease practising as a priest, handing back his permission to officiate after a continued outcry over his failures to act on pedophile priests while Brisbane archbishop in the 1990s, before his time as Australia’s 23rd governor general.

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