The Governor Generals resignation essays

The Governor Generals resignation essays Dr Peter Hollingworth, the recently resigned Governor General of Australia and former Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, was crucified by the media over a matter that did not affect his ability to act as a very efficient Governor General and consequently caused his resignation. There were two cases against him one he was accused of raping a women 37 years ago this was entirely uncorroborated, and the other was controversy over the decisions he made, dealing with a confessed pedophile in 1990. Through all of this we have to keep in mind Dr Peter Hollingworths immaculate record and life devoted to community service in the Anglican Church and Brotherhood of St Lawrence The rape alligation was made by a woman, Rosemarie Annie Jarmyn, from 37 years ago and consequently outside the stature of limits, and she was mentally unstable at the time of the accusation. Not long after the allegation she committed suicide at 56. The case against Dr Peter Hollingworth was discontinued. Dr Peter Hollingworth, as Brisbane Archbishop, was also under scrutiny over his handling of a case in 1990 where a priest who confessed to being a pedophile was allowed to continue to practice under some restrictions. There was a formal inquiry by the Anglican Church of Queensland into these allegations the results of which were released on May 1st this year. They found that his decision not to remove the priest in question were untenable. But we do need to take into account that it is hard to judge a decision made 13 years ago with a formal inquiry of today with todays attitudes. The decision Dr Peter Hollingworth made was then and the inquiry was now. If the media had not got so involved in this whole thing and started ripping into Peter Hollingworth then he would still be Governor General. For example take this article in the front page of the Age on May 26th titled Right decision at last but sadly, he still doesnt get it ...