Exclusive: Lawsuit claims former Anglican archbishop of Sydney failed to act on predator | Richard Baker
The former Anglican archbishop of Sydney, Richard Henry “Harry” Goodhew, has been accused of failing to protect young boys from a sexual predator involved in running church activities in NSW in the 1980s.
In his statement of claim, Hayes describes the catastrophic impact of aggravated and indecent assault by Sandwell between 1980 and 1985 at events overseen by the archdiocese of Sydney or the Anglican Church’s boys society. Hayes was aged between 11 and 15 when he was abused. Sandwell was a prominent figure for decades in the Church of England Boys’ Society and was officially assigned positions and roles at weekend camps and other events. In the 1970s, he held the role of “chief commissioner” of the CEBS in NSW.that Sandwell’s offending against him increased in severity and magnitude following the alleged reporting of his abuse to senior church leaders in NSW, allegedly including Goodhew.
A psychological report on Hayes from November last year quoted the 52-year-old as describing his adult life being like “a rollercoaster”. Hayes’s lawyer, Jason Moody, principal of Moody Law, said: “Alex’s case is one of the worst and most egregious cases of institutional failure regarding allegations of child sexual abuse this firm has seen. The evidence indicates that if the church had acted on clear reporting from within its ranks, terrible abuses upon Alex and other young boys would have been avoided.”
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