Bishops apologize for priest's history of abuse: 'This is only the first step', says Skelton
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article40034
- Author
- Swift, Diana
- Murray, Randy
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 September
- Author
- Swift, Diana
- Murray, Randy
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 September
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 7
- Page
- 1, 12
- Notes
- "For more than 50 years, the late Goichi Gordon Nakayama served as an Anglican priest in the dioceses of Calgary and New Westminster. But the outwardly affable Japanese-born canon was an abusive priest, who preyed sexually on young boys in his spiritual care. On June 15 [2015] in Vancouver, survivors of Nakayama's misconduct received a formal apology from the two dioceses. In 1994, Nakayama, father of the poet and novelist Joy Kogawa, admitted his history of abuse, and shortly before his death in 1995 he signed a written confession of his misconduct to Archbishop Barry Curtis, then diocesan bishop of Calgary and metropolitan of Rupert's Land" (p. 1). "On June 15 [2015], about 60 people gathered at the Vancouver Japanese Language school for the apology delivered by Calgary Archbishop Greg Kerr-Wilson and New Westminster Bishop Melissa Skelton. Among those present were representatives from the dioceses and the Japanese Canadian Working Group (JCWG) -- formed to address the abuse issue" (p. 12). "Mary Kitigawa, 80, whose uncles were among Nakayama's victims, received the signed apology" (p. 12).
- Subjects
- Nakayama, Gordon (Gordon Goichi), 1900-1995
- Sexual misconduct by clergy - Anglican Church of Canada
- Sexual abuse - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Child sexual abuse - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Kogawa, Joy (Joy Nozomi Nakayama), 1935-
- Japanese Canadians - Anglican Church of Canada
- Apologies - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Curtis, Barry (John Barry), 1933-
- Kerr-Wilson, Gregory, 1962-
- Skelton, Melissa (Melissa Maxine), 1951-
- Kitagawa, Mary (Keiko Mary Murakami)