Psychologist who complained about Peter Hollingworth says she has ‘lost faith’ in church complaints process

The current hearing could see Peter Hollingworth defrocked, though the conduct of the proceedings is cloaked in secrecy. Photograph: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

A school psychologist who complained about former governor general and Anglican archbishop Peter Hollingworth’s handling of child abuse allegations says she has “lost faith” in the protracted and secretive complaints process relied on by the church.

Hollingworth is facing a secret hearing that could defrock him over his handling of abuse allegations while archbishop of Brisbane. The hearing is taking place more than five years after complaints were made to the Anglican church’s complaints body, Kooyoora.