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one, as he was suspended from practicing any office related to the priesthood or from receiving any benefits of such office. The ecclesiastical court ordered this suspension to hold for an appointed period of two years, during which time Hankey would attend compulsory counselling until such time that he was deemed fit to resume ecclesiastical office—and if not, face
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would conduct an independent review concerning the historic incidents that led to the charges laid against Hankey, to determine facts and an appropriate response to the matter. The second part of the review is to make recommendations on the steps King's might take to ensure a safe environment for the
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Prior to the allegations made in 1991, Hankey faced some scrutiny at King's due to an incident alleged to have occurred in 1983, when it became known that a security guard had found a professor of the college and a male student nude in the university's swimming pool. Reports at the time allege that a
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sent an email to alumni saying that the portrait of Hankey, which had been prominently installed in the King's
College Library for his retirement party in 2017, was removed in October 2020 and returned to Hankey. It is not known whether this decision was made by the university based on foreknowledge
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and made up of two priests and a layman, convened in August 1991, and finding Harris' claims credible convicted Hankey on charges of sexual immorality. Hankey was deprived of ecclesiastical duties, and although he remained a priest in the
Anglican Church he no longer had any authority to function as
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in
September 2020, on February 1 the following year Hankey was charged with sexual assault related to an alleged incident with a male student in 1988. The incident allegedly occurred in student housing on the University of King's College campus. Hankey was an employee of the university at the time
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In separate proceedings, Hankey was faulted by a King's
College disciplinary committee and suspended from the university for one year (the sentence was to take place one year following the committee's ruling, when Hankey was scheduled to return from a year's sabbatical). Hankey resumed his role at
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alleging sexual impropriety by Hankey dating from the 1970s during his time as an undergraduate. Harris was 32 at the time of the accusation and the abuses were alleged to have happened when he was a teenager, although it is unclear whether he was a minor. The accusation was made only before the
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he published three jointly-edited volumes and has in press "Aquinas' Neoplatonism in the Summa
Theologiae on God. A Short Introduction", South Bend, Indiana, St Augustine's Press. He published almost 100 academic articles and reviews, and produced many journalistic, theological, and devotional
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and was the program's first director from 1972 to 1978. He also designed and spearheaded the development and subsequent construction of the university's new library during his time as librarian of the college (1981–1993). He was responsible for the creation of the religious studies program at
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Before he could stand trial, Hankey died on
February 5, 2022, at the age of 77. Initial media reports did not disclose the cause of death, although one report said that he had suffered a heart attack.
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Neoplatonism, Islamic and Jewish philosophy in the middle ages, Relations between
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community, in accordance with its Sexual Violence Awareness and Response Policy. On May 20, 2021, King's received the interim report from Rubin Thomlinson, a
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