Newcastle diocese paid only $5000 of Herft’s $500,000 legal bill

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated December 6 2017 - 6:49pm, first published July 4 2017 - 9:51am
Newcastle diocese paid only $5000 of Archbishop Herft’s $500,000 legal bill
Newcastle diocese paid only $5000 of Archbishop Herft’s $500,000 legal bill

FORMER Newcastle Anglican Bishop Roger Herft ran up a legal bill of nearly $500,000 defending himself during a devastating royal commission public hearing into child sex allegations in the Hunter region – but Newcastle diocese is only paying $5000 of it.

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