Anglican church declines to defrock Peter Hollingworth despite finding he ‘committed misconduct’

The former governor general and former Anglican archbishop of Brisbane was the subject of complaints about his handling of child abuse complaints in the 1990s

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The Anglican church has declined to defrock former governor general Peter Hollingworth despite upholding multiple allegations of misconduct over his handling of child abuse complaints while in a senior leadership role.

Hollingworth has been the subject of complaints over his handling of abuse cases in the Anglican church while archbishop of Brisbane in the 1990s, a role he held for 11 years before becoming Australia’s 23rd governor general.

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