Richard Franklin Appleby (born 17 November 1940) is a retired Australian

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. Appleby was educated at the

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in 1967, his first posts were curacies in Glenroy and North Balwyn. He was then

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of Wollaston College and

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to the Archbishop of Perth. From 1975 he was rector of Belmont and then

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(1980–1983). From his consecration as a bishop on 2 February 1983 to 1992 he was

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; then he became diocesan Bishop of the Northern Territory until 1999; he served as an Assistant Bishop of Brisbane for the Northern Region, until 5 February 2006; and finally as Bishop Assisting the Primate of Australia. He is married to Elizabeth Appleby. On 19 February 2019, the Professional Standards Tribunal of the Newcastle diocese recommended that Appleby be removed from

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as a result of his failure to protect children after being informed of instances of child sexual abuse in the 1980s and '90s. However, a review board determined that Appleby had been denied procedural fairness in the decision. Appleby has stated that he has no memory of being informed about child sexual abuse in the diocese.

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1940 births University of Melbourne alumni Deans of Bathurst Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia) Anglican bishops of the Northern Territory Living people {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub