{"id":209350,"date":"2025-12-31T03:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/209350\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T03:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:22:07","slug":"new-year-honours-anglican-priest-patricia-allan-honoured-for-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/209350\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year Honours: Anglican priest Patricia Allan honoured for advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Patricia<\/p>\n

\nPatricia Allan
\nPhoto: Supplied\n<\/p>\n

An Anglican priest who has advocated for the victims of sexual abuse for decades has been recognised in the New Year Honours.<\/p>\n

Reverend Dr Patricia Allan has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to the survivors of abuse.<\/p>\n

In 1987 Reverend Allan was one of the first women to be ordained in the Anglican Church in New Zealand, and later became the West Coast’s first female vicar.<\/p>\n

While she was preparing for ordination she learnt of sexual abuse and harassment within the Church<\/a>, and started to act as an advocate for women who had been abused.<\/p>\n

“I immediately recognised that my Church, like most others, was totally unprepared for such a revelation. The abuser was protected<\/a> and the women blamed,” said Allan.<\/p>\n

“So a lot of my work over the years has been trying to persuade them to be more open with their processes and things. And that came to a head with the Royal Commission.”<\/p>\n

In 2018 Allan began a post-doctoral research project to look at how the Anglican Church in New Zealand had progressed in 30 years of dealing with sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

That research was subpoenaed by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care, and she gave public testimony to the commission.<\/p>\n

She said it had been satisfying to see the issues looked at by the Royal Commission and to see the changes that have come from it.<\/p>\n

“In the Anglican Church in Christchurch there has been quite a lot of work done making sure that our safeguarding procedures are in place and that the complaint process is much more open.<\/p>\n

“There is still work to be done, but there has been a pretty widespread acknowledgment of, we call it lament, real sorrow over what has happened in the past and a real desire for a happier future.”<\/p>\n

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