<< Home

Friday, June 10, 2005

PM - Woman levels abuse claims at Anglican Church

Adelaide, Australia --

The Adelaide diocese of the Anglican Church has been hit by another claim involving sexual abuse by a priest.

A 62-year-old woman, who has asked to be identified only as Jess, today claimed that an Anglican priest named Leonard Russell Goggs raped her more than 40 years ago, and that he was the father of her twin sons.

The Reverend Goggs died in 1979.

Jess will now seek compensation from the Anglican Church through the District Court of South Australia.

The case comes after two damning reports within 12 months condemning the Anglican Church's handling of sexual abuse complaints and its treatment of women.

Read the article at ABC.Net.AU
Search the web for this article

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home