City on a Hill pastor Guy Mason repeated his apology for the words he used in a sermon,while a religious discrimination expert laid out a dual path for possible legal action against the Bombers.
Andrew Thorburn’s messy departure from Essendon football club prompted a conservative church to apologise for likening abortion to concentration camps.
GWS Giants chair and corporate high-flyer,Tony Shepherd,says he is unconvinced that Andrew Thorburn had done anything to warrant his resignation from Essendon.
Andrew Thorburn and Essendon’s management should have known better than to embroil the club in a controversy that has little to do with its financial future.
Ex-bank boss Andrew Thorburn did not declare to Essendon that the church he chaired held views that might be a concern for the Bombers before he was hired as CEO.
The company’s pandemic rebound has been thwarted by a year from hell.
While the Essendon CEO’s humiliating exit is further evidence of football club dysfunction,faith groups see a growing intolerance for religion in public life.
Its religious services could be mistaken for those of a Hillsong-style Pentecostal church. But the youthful,self-described “movement” is part of the Anglican Church.
Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton painted the controversy over Andrew Thorburn’s resignation as a form of religious persecution.
Short-lived Essendon CEO Andrew Thorburn thanked people for hundreds of messages of support after he stepped down from the role,just a day after being appointed.
• MELBOURNE| The so-called custodians of this football club are imploding the organisation with breathtaking failures,and it’s us fans who are left to suffer.