Court documents have revealed the Commonwealth Bank is looking for damages of more than $24m from the former Anglican bishop of Bathurst and five other defendants.
The Commonwealth Bank’s court action includes a summons against the diocese’s former bishop, Richard Hurford.
This action involves Bishop Hurford and eleven other defendants.
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Another summons calls for a joint levy on all parishes, schools and other organisations to help repay the diocese’s debts.
The summon documents also call for assets, including the All Saints College in Bathurst, to be “realised” or sold if enough money cannot be raised or the parishes do not cooperate with a demand to prioritises the sale of assets