Allan Read

For those of a similar name, see Alan Read and Allan Reid (disambiguation).

Alan Alexander Read (19 September 1923 – 15 November 2003[1]) was the Anglican Bishop of Ontario [2] from 1981 until 1992.[3]

He was educated at Trinity College, Toronto and ordained Deacon in 1948; and Priest in 1949.[4] He was the i ncumbent at Mono Mills, Ontario then Rector of Barrie. He was Archdeacon of Simcoe from 1961 to 1972; and Suffragan Bishop of Toronto from then until his appointment as a Diocesan.

During his time as bishop and after, Reid was criticised for alleged corruption at St. George's Cathedral and child abuse at the former Anglican boarding school in the Diocese, Grenville Christian College. The Anglican Diocese of Ontario has been the subject of several child abuse lawsuits and a criminal trial over the years. Corruption in the Diocese' hierarchy has been alleged. One of Canada's national networks, CTV, aired a documentary film about the abuse on the W5 programme called "In the Name of God", which was released on February 6, 2016 to coincided with the launch of the book, "Grenville", by Andrew J. Hale-Byrne. "[5] "[6] "[7] "[8] "[9]

References

  1. ↑ Canadian Anglican
  2. ↑ Anglican Foundation
  3. ↑ ‘READ, Rt Rev. Allan Alexander’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 3 Nov 2013
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 p816 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. ↑ http://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/former-students-allege-psychological-physical-and-sexual-abuse-at-ont-christian-school-1.2766446
  6. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Grenville-Andrew-J-Hale-Byrne/dp/1523880058/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1454774656&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Grenville+by+Andrew+Hale-Byrne
  7. ↑ http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/02/29/former-grenville-christian-college-students-tell-harrowing-stories-of-abuse.html
  8. ↑ http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f97cb98031895282f5ba5a0f8&id=9d493b866a
  9. ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Our-Little-Secret-Judy-Steed/dp/0394223187
Religious titles
Preceded by
Henry Hill		 Bishop of Ontario
1981–1992 		Succeeded by
Peter Ralph Mason


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