VirtueOnline - News - Exclusives - TAC Archbishop John Hepworth Can Return to Roman Catholic Fold as Layman:
This ends years of speculation that the Archbishop would be reinstated into the priesthood in the Ordinariate, bringing an alleged, but never confirmed, 700,000 Anglo-Catholics with him.
Hepworth had hoped that recent revelations that he had been sexually abused by three priests would be mitigating circumstances to allow him to return to Rome as a priest. That did not happen. He revealed that he had been seduced by a Roman Catholic monsignor who denied the charges.
The Catholic Church in Adelaide says an investigation found no substance to allegations made by Hepworth against Fr. Ian Dempsey. You can read the story here: http://tinyurl.com/7uvtl3n
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