Richard Appleby (bishop)

Richard Franklin Appleby (born 17 November 1940) is a retired Australian Anglican bishop.[1]

Appleby he was educated at the University of Melbourne.[2] Ordained in 1967,[3] his first posts were curacies in Glenroy and North Balwyn.[4] He was then warden of Wollaston College and chaplain to the Archbishop of Perth. From 1975 he was rector of Belmont and then Dean of Bathurst (1980–1983). From his consecration as a bishop on 2 February 1983[5] to 1992 he was Assistant Bishop of Newcastle;[6] then he became diocesan Bishop of the Northern Territory until 1999; he served as an Assistant Bishop of Brisbane for the Northern Region,[7] until 5 February 2006; and finally as Bishop Assisting the Primate of Australia.[8] He is married to Elizabeth Appleby.[9]

On 19 February 2019, the Professional Standards Tribunal of the Newcastle diocese recommended that Appleby be removed from holy orders as a result of his failure to protect children after being informed of instances of child sexual abuse in the 1980s and '90s. However, a review board determined that Appleby had been denied procedural fairness in the decision.[10]

In spite of overwhelming evidence confirming that Appleby was aware of, and failed to act in relation to child sexual abuse in the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, Appleby continues to deny any memory of being informed about child sexual abuse

References

  1. ^ 1995 General Synod Archived 2011-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Who was Who 1987-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ^ Victoria Government Gazette
  5. ^ "Archived copy". anglicanarchives.org.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "The Diocese of Newcastle" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  7. ^ @AustAnglican (5 May 2019). "5 May 2006: Rt Rev Richard Franklin Appleby (b.1940) retires after seven years as Assistant Bishop in the Diocese o…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.anglican.org.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
  10. ^ McCarthy, Joanne (28 August 2019). "Bishop Richard Appleby was denied procedural fairness in a Newcastle Anglican board decision, a review has found". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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Preceded by Bishop of the Northern Territory
1992 –1999 		Succeeded by


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