St John's College, Morpeth

St John's College, Morpeth,[1] known colloquially as the Poor Man's College, Armidale was opened in 1898 as [2] to train clergy to serve in the Anglican Church of Australia. It moved to Morpeth in 1926; and closed in 2006.[3]

During the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, it was reported that a significant amount of Anglican priests who were convicted of child sexual abuse were trained at the college.[4]

Notes
  1. Trove
  2. Library, University of Newcastle (AU)
  3. The Conversation
  4. Report of case study no. 42 : the responses of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle to instances and allegations of child sexual abuse / Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse., 2017 pp 95-99, 308-317

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