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Otago Daily Times
March 4, 2002

Church prepares compensation
NZPA

Christchurch: Women who are claiming compensation for alleged sexual misconduct against them by a prominent former Christchurch cleric are being asked to undergo psychiatric assessments.

The Anglican Church is preparing to pay compensation to the women.

Head of the Christchurch diocese Bishop David Coles said the church was negotiating with two lawyers representing the women and was following an agreed legal process.

A requirement for the women to undergo a psychiatric assessment was not a challenge to their integrity, he said.

"It relates only to the allocation or apportionment of costs, because there are a number of complainants who have made claims for a number of varying costs," he said.