Australian archbishop resigns

Melbourne, Dec 16: Anglican Archbishop of Perth Roger Herft, one of Australia’s most senior church figures, has resigned after admitting that he had failed to inform police about alleged child abuse by a senior cleric. The resigtion, reported by the Australian media on Friday, makes Archbishop Herft the highest-ranking casualty of the Royal Commission into Institutiol Responses to Child Sex Abuse, Xinhua news agency reported. (IANS)