Former Governor-General Peter Hollingworth has admitted a "massive failure" in promoting a headmaster who hired two paedophiles. Documents tendered to the child sex abuse royal commission showed senior Anglican Church officials knew of complaints St Paul's School headmaster Gilbert Case had failed to act on sexual abuse allegations when he was put in charge of all Anglican schools in Brisbane. Dr Hollingworth denied knowing about the complaints but conceded the "massive failure" in the Diocese's recruitment process in promoting Mr Case. Advertisement "We have come a long, long way and it's been a painful journey and not least of all for me," he insisted. Mr Case...
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