The following Media Release was issued on the 11th June: Church to Speak Out on Domestic Violence
The annual Tasmanian Anglican Synod will discuss a number of current political and social issues when it meets over the next 2 days.
The Synod will be asked to support a motion from The Dean of St David’s Cathedral, The Very Rev’d Richard Humphrey, raising awareness on domestic/family violence and making resources available for the church in its pastoral role.
The Anglican Bishop of Tasmania, The Right Reverend John Harrower, will speak in his address to Synod of the new ideas and new ways of being church that are already being put into place, and showing healthy growth.
Bishop Chris Jones, CEO of Anglicare Tasmania, will be putting forward a motion expressing concern at the findings of Anglicare’s latest Rental Affordability Snapshot, and raising this issue with the State Government Minister for Human Services.
The Synod includes around 180 representatives from each Anglican parish and agency in Tasmania and makes decisions on behalf of the Church. The Synod is being held at the Tailrace Centre, 1 Waterfront Drive, Riverside (Launceston), on Friday 12thand Saturday 13th June.
Please see the following link to the story on ABC News: Tasmania’s Anglican Church vows to do more to stop domestic violence
Also, Presidential Address to Synod 2015
