Philip Newell
Phillip Keith Newell
Newell was born on 30 January 1930. He was educated at the
In January 2016, Newell was accused of covering up for and further promoting convicted paedophile priest Louis Daniels at hearings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Newell denied any cover up yet told the Commission that he apologised "from the bottom of my heart" for any harm his actions may have caused.[5]
In 1993, Newell was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 1993 Australia Day Honours for "service to religion as Bishop of Tasmania, to education and the community".[6]
Newell was married to Merle for 62 years. He died on 24 April 2022, at the age of 92.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Academic Distinctions" (PDF). Fleur-de-Lys. November 1958. pp. 14, 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2014.
- ^ Shelley, Brooke (October 2017). "Serving St. James" (PDF). St James' Parish Connections. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8.
- ^ "Records regarding other dioceses of the Anglican persuasion within Australia and also over seas". Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Case Study 36, Child Abuse Royal Commission". www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Australia Day Honours". The Canberra Times. Vol. 67, no. 21, 105. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 January 1993. p. 4. Retrieved 6 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Newell, Rt Rev. Phillip Keith". WHO WAS WHO 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Phillip Keith NEWELL". The Examiner. Australian Community Media. 30 April 2022. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.