{{Short description|New Zealander Catholic archbishop (born 1948)}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = John Dew | honorific-suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | title = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington|Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington]] | image = John Atcherley Dew in 2014.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Dew in 2014 | archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington|Wellington]] | diocese = | see = | elected = | appointed = 24 May 2004 (coadjutor) | term = | term_start = 21 March 2005 | quashed = | term_end = 5 May 2023 | predecessor = [[Thomas Williams (Archbishop of Wellington)|Thomas Williams]] | successor = [[Paul Martin (archbishop)|Paul Martin]] | other_post = Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Ippolito | ordination = 9 May 1976 | ordained_by = [[Reginald Delargey]] | consecration = 31 May 1995 | consecrated_by = [[Thomas Williams (Archbishop of Wellington)|Thomas Williams]] | cardinal = 14 February 2015 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = Cardinal Priest | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|05|05}} | birth_place = [[Waipawa]], New Zealand | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | buried = | church = [[Catholic Church]] | nationality = New Zealand | motto = Peace through Integrity | signature = | signature_alt = | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington (1995–2004)|Titular Bishop of Privata (1995–2004)|[[Military Ordinariate of New Zealand|Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of New Zealand]] (2005–2023)}} | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of John Atcherley Dew.svg | coat_of_arms_alt = | feast_day = | venerated = | saint_title = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = }} {{Infobox cardinal styles | name = John Atcherley Dew | dipstyle = [[His Eminence]] | offstyle = [[His Eminence|Your Eminence]] | relstyle = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] | image = Coat of arms of John Atcherley Dew.svg | image_size = 220px }} {{Ordination | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = | date of priestly ordination = 9 May 1976 | place of priestly ordination = | consecrated by = [[Thomas Stafford Williams]] | co-consecrators = [[Denis George Browne]] [[Peter Cullinane|Peter James Cullinane]] | date of consecration = 31 May 1995 | place of consecration = | elevated by = [[Pope Francis]] | date of elevation = 14 February 2015 }} '''John Atcherley Dew''' (born 5 May 1948) is a New Zealand [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] bishop. He was the sixth [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington|Archbishop of Wellington]] and the [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of New Zealand, serving from 2005 until 2023. He was also created a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] by [[Pope Francis]] in 2015.
==Background== Dew was born in [[Waipawa]], the son of George and Joan Dew. He has two sisters. He attended St. Joseph's Primary School in [[Waipukurau]] (staffed by the [[Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth]]) and [[Chanel College, Masterton|St Joseph's College, Masterton]] (staffed by the [[Marist Brothers]]). He then went to the [[Marist Brothers]] [[Formation (Catholic)|Juniorate]] in [[Tuakau]] for a short time.<ref name="Grace">Peter Grace, "Elevation 'fabulous' for Central Hawke's Bay", ''NZ Catholic'', 15 January 2015, p. 3.</ref>
After about a year working at the [[Bank of New Zealand]] in Waipukurau, Anderson's Nurseries in [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]]<ref name="Grace"/> and studying horticulture,<ref>"New cardinal a modern thinker", ''The Wellingtonian'', 15 January 2015, p. 10.</ref> he commenced his studies for the priesthood at [[Holy Name Seminary]], [[Christchurch]], where he studied philosophy under [[Jesuit]] professors for two years and then for five years he studied Theology at [[Holy Cross College (New Zealand)|Holy Cross Seminary, Mosgiel]], under the [[Congregation of the Mission|Vincentians]]. He played [[rugby union]] for the Holy Cross Seminary team in the position of [[Rugby union positions#Prop|prop]].<ref>Peter Grace, "Cardinal was known as a good prop forward", ''NZ Catholic'', 15 January 2015, p. 2.</ref>
==Early ministry== Dew was ordained priest at [[Waipukurau]] by Cardinal [[Reginald Delargey]] in May 1976. He was appointed as an assistant priest in St Joseph's Parish, [[Upper Hutt]], 1976–79. He served in the [[Cook Islands]] in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rarotonga|Diocese of Rarotonga]] from 1980 until 1982. He returned to Wellington. From 1983 to 1987 he had responsibility for the Archdiocesan Youth Ministry and the [[Cook Islands Māori|Cook Islands Māori Community]].<ref name="Dew">{{cite web |url= http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/archbishop |title=Archbishop of Wellington: Most Reverend John Atcherley Dew DD | website = Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington |access-date = 5 January 2015}}</ref>
===Seminary director=== Dew was on the staff of Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, the New Zealand national [[seminary]], from 1988 to 1991. He was director of a special programme focussing on human development and gave a general introduction to first year students on prayer, scripture and the Church. He also led small groups of students ("moderator groups") who met regularly for prayer and discussion.<ref name="norris">Norris, Peter Joseph. ''Southernmost Seminary: The story of Holy Cross College, Mosgiel (1900–1997)'', Holy Cross Seminary, Auckland, 1999, pp. 104–11.</ref>
During his time at the seminary a major concern related to the selection of seminarians. In his 1991 First Year Moderators Report, Dew expressed a real sense of frustration at the unsuitability of many students. He pointed out that "we at the Seminary can work only with those who are sent to us." Many, he suggested, were sent with unresolved issues relating to identity, sexuality and alcohol. Such students placed a heavy burden on staff and had a negative impact upon other students and group dynamics. Dew urged that in the future, diocesan vocations directors pay particular attention to eight issues with evaluating prospective students: basic knowledge of the Catholic faith; familiarity with meditation, prayer and the scriptures; a reasonable comfort with [[Affect (psychology)|affectivity]]; personal independence; social comfort; intellectual curiosity; generosity; and a genuine desire and free decision to enter the seminary.<ref name="norris"/>
===Parish priest=== Dew studied spirituality at the Institute of St Anselm, [[Kent]], [[England]], from 1991 to 1992. Upon his return to New Zealand he was appointed the parish priest at St Anne's Parish, [[Newtown, New Zealand|Newtown]], a post he held from 1993 to 1995.<ref name="Dew"/>
==Episcopal ministry== He was appointed as [[auxiliary bishop]] for the Wellington archdiocese on 31 May 1995 at the age of 47. The news of his appointment had been announced to a large congregation at the [[Chrism Mass]] on 12 April. "The news was greeted with prolonged and enthusiastic applause."<ref name="O'Meeghan">{{cite book | last =O'Meeghan |first= Michael | title = Steadfast in hope: The Story of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington 1850–2000 | publisher =Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington| location =Wellington | date=2003 | pages=328–29}}</ref> Because [[Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington|Sacred Heart Cathedral]] would not have held the expected congregation, he was consecrated bishop in the [[Wellington Town Hall]] which was filled to capacity. He took as his motto "Peace through Integrity".<ref>O'Meeghan (2003), pages 217–244</ref> He became the Secretary of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference and acted as New Zealand Bishops' Conference representative on the National Council for Young Catholics.<ref name="Dew"/>
===Archbishop of Wellington=== Dew was appointed [[Coadjutor Archbishop]] of Wellington on 24 May 2004 by [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref name="Hewitson">{{cite news|last=Hewitson|first =Michele|date=10 April 2005|title=Wellington's new archbishop both diplomat and priest|work =New Zealand Herald|location=Auckland|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10119473|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref> He succeeded [[Thomas Stafford Williams]] as Archbishop of Wellington on 21 March 2005.<ref name="Dew"/>
Dew attended the [[Synod of Bishops (Catholic)#Ordinary general|Synod of Bishops on "The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church"]] in October 2005 (see below).<ref name="Wel-Com">[http://wel-com.org.nz/wel-com-articles/297- "Archbishop pleads for marginalised Catholics"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106041453/http://wel-com.org.nz/wel-com-articles/297- |date= 6 January 2015 }}, Wel-Com.org.nz; retrieved 6 January 2015.</ref> In 2012 he was appointed by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] to serve as a Synod father for the October 2012 [[Synod of Bishops (Catholic)#Ordinary General|Synod of Bishops on "The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith"]].<ref name="Dunn">[http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/01/22/nz-bishops-welcome-news-of-john-dew%E2%80%99s-appointment "NZ bishops welcome news of John Dew's appointment"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125054623/http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/01/22/nz-bishops-welcome-news-of-john-dew%e2%80%99s-appointment/ |date=25 January 2015 }}, NZ Catholic.org.nz, 15 January 2015; retrieved 27 January 2015.</ref>
He was the "relator" for one of the large English-speaking groups in the 2014 [[Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops|Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization]],<ref name="Dunn"/> and he said he got to know Pope Francis "a little better" during that 2014 synod.<ref>Otto, Michael. "NZ gets a new cardinal", ''NZ Catholic'', 15 January 2015, pp. 1–2.</ref>
Dew is President of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference, [[Military ordinariate|Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of New Zealand]], Bishops' conference Deputy for the National Committee for Professional Standards and for Finance, and Moderator of the [[Tribunal#Roman Catholic Church|Tribunal]]. In 2015 he completed a term as President of the [[Episcopal conference#Oceania|Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO)]]<ref name="Dew"/> which comprises all the bishops of [[Roman Catholicism in New Zealand|New Zealand]], [[Roman Catholicism in Australia|Australia]], [[Roman Catholicism in Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinea]], [[Roman Catholicism in the Solomon Islands|the Solomons]] and the [[Episcopal Conference of the Pacific|CEPAC]] bishops of the Pacific Islands.<ref name="Dunn"/>
[[Pope Francis]] accepted Dew's resignation on his 75th birthday, 5 May 2023 on which date he was succeeded by [[Paul Martin (bishop)|Paul Martin]], his coadjutor archbishop.<ref>{{cite press release |date=5 May 2023|title=Rinunce e nomine, 05.05.2023|publisher= Holy See Press Office |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2023/05/05/0338/00740.html|access-date=5 May 2023 | language = it}}</ref> His resignation as head of the Military Ordinate of New Zealand was accepted on 27 May.<ref>{{cite press release |date=27 May 2023|title=Rinunce e nomine, 27.05.2023|publisher= Holy See Press Office |url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2023/05/27/0400/00883.html|access-date=27 May 2023 | language = it}}</ref>
===Cardinal === On 14 February 2015, Pope Francis made Dew a member of the [[College of Cardinals]] with the title of [[Cardinal-Priest]] of [[Sant'Ippolito]].<ref name="consistoro">{{cite news|title=Consistoro Ordinario Pubblico Del 14 Febraio 2015 Assegnazione Dei Titoli E Delle Diaconie Ai Nuovoi Cardinali | language = it |url= https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2015/documents/ns_lit_doc_20150214_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html|access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="new">{{cite news|title=Pope Francis appoints 20 new cardinals|location=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31471419|date= 14 February 2015 |access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="Angelus">{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2015/documents/papa-francesco_angelus_20150104.html#announced|title=Pope Francis Angelus, Saint Peter's Square on Sunday, 4 January 2015|publisher=Holy See Press Office | date=4 January 2015|access-date=23 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11381952 |title= Kiwi named among Pope's new cardinals | work = New Zealand Herald | date=5 January 2015}}</ref> [[John L. Allen Jr.]], in commenting on the appointment, described Dew as a "high profile moderate" in the Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite news |last=Allen Jr. |first=John L. |url=http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2015/01/04/pope-francis-reaches-out-to-margins-in-picks-for-new-cardinals |title=Francis reaches out to the margins in his picks for new cardinals |date=4 January 2015 |access-date=6 January 2015 |archive-date=30 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130031313/http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2015/01/04/pope-francis-reaches-out-to-margins-in-picks-for-new-cardinals/ }}</ref><ref name="one"/> He became the fourth New Zealand cardinal, joining [[Thomas Williams (Archbishop of Wellington)|Thomas Williams]], who was no longer eligible to participate in a papal conclave.<ref>{{cite news | last= Grace |first=Peter | title = NZ has now had four cardinals | work = New Zealand Catholic | date= 15 January 2015}}</ref> Their predecessors as cardinals from New Zealand were [[Reginald Delargey]] and [[Peter McKeefry]].
Recalling a few weeks later how he received the news he was being made a cardinal, he said: "Since then I have received nothing but love and support, messages of congratulation. By 7am, in my first radio interview for the day, I happened to say 'I am an ordinary [[Kiwi (people)|Kiwi]] [[bloke]].' Since then the words have been repeated back to me often, but I [still] believe this to be true."<ref name="Bloke">{{cite news|last=Mahony|first=Kate|title=Big welcome home for NZ's new cardinal|work =New Zealand Catholic|date=22 March 2015| url = https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/03/27/big-welcome-home-for-nzs-new-cardinal/}}</ref>
On 13 April 2015, Dew was appointed a member of the [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]] and of the [[Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity]].<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 22 April 2019 |title= Rinunce e nomine, 13.04.2015 | language = it | date = 3 April 2015| url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/04/13/0266/00579.html }}</ref> He participated in the [[Fourteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops]] (4–25 October 2015) on "The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world".<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 22 April 2019 |title= XIV Assemblea Generale Ordinaria del Sinodo dei Vescovi (4–25 ottobre 2015) – Elenco dei Partecipanti, 15.09.2015| language = it | date = 15 September 2015| url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/09/15/0676/01469.html}}</ref> On 28 October 2016, was appointed a member of the [[Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]].<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 22 April 2019 |title= Rinunce e nomine, 28.10.2016 | language = it | date = 28 October 2016 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/10/28/0775/01733.html#me }}</ref>
Dew participated as a [[Cardinal electors in the 2025 papal conclave|cardinal elector]] in the [[2025 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Leo XIV]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html| title=Cardinal Electors|date=6 May 2025|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|language=en|access-date=6 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506193115/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html|archive-date=6 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Approach== ===Eucharist=== Dew achieved some prominence at the [[Synod of Bishops (Catholic)#Ordinary general|Synod of Bishops on "The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church"]] at the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] in October 2005 when he proposed that divorced and remarried Catholics should be able to receive the Eucharist. He said that bishops have "a pastoral duty and an obligation before God to discuss and debate the question." He urged the assembly to reconsider the Church ban, referring to it as a "source of scandal", adding "Our Church would be enriched if we were able to invite dedicated Catholics, currently excluded from the Eucharist, to return to the Lord's Table."<ref name="Wel-Com"/><ref>{{cite news | work = National Catholic Reporter | url = http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/sb100505.htm | title = Divorced, remarried Catholics topics of frank synod discussiona | date= 5 October 2005 | first = John L. | last = Allen Jr. }}</ref> After this 2005 speech, Dew discussed the issue with Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the future [[Pope Francis]].<ref name="one">{{cite news | url= https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/wellington-archbishop-humbled-and-surprised-by-cardinal-appointment-6214548 | title= Wellington Archbishop 'humbled' and surprised by cardinal appointment | publisher= Television New Zealand | date= 5 January 2015 | access-date= 6 January 2015 | archive-date= 22 April 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190422203209/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/wellington-archbishop-humbled-and-surprised-by-cardinal-appointment-6214548 }}</ref>
===Welcoming and accepting=== Dew has also said, "what's the point in judging people and condemning them, but to make it clear what the church says but in such a way that you are welcoming and accepting."<ref name="one"/> "When church teaching is explained in such a way that it says to people they're intrinsically disordered or they're living an evil life, people feel they can't meet the mark rather than it being something helping, supportive and encouraging."<ref name="Tablet">{{cite news | last =Lamb | first =Christopher | url =http://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/2/4330/red-hats-for-a-global-church | title =Red hats for a global Church | work =The Tablet | date =8 January 2015 | access-date =11 January 2015 | archive-date =25 August 2018 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180825073825/http://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/2/4330/red-hats-for-a-global-church }}</ref>
===Curia=== In relation to [[Curia (Catholic Church)|Curia]] reform, Dew has said that he "would like to see ... local communities and diocesan bishops being able to dialogue with curial bishops in a way that truly reflects collegiality" and that the "Curia is to be at the service of the church and her people."<ref>{{cite news |last= Otto |first= Michael |url= http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/01/27/new-cardinal-has-high-hopes-for-reform-of-curia |title= New Cardinal has high hopes for reform of Curia |work= New Zealand Catholic |date= 27 January 2015 |access-date= 27 January 2015 |archive-date= 28 January 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150128172139/http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/01/27/new-cardinal-has-high-hopes-for-reform-of-curia/ }}</ref>
===Climate and trafficking=== In February 2015, Dew said he and [[Soane Patita Paini Mafi]] of Tonga, who was soon to become a cardinal alongside him, wanted to highlight two issues: the effect of [[climate change]] and the resulting [[sea level rise]] on the countries of the South Pacific and the problem of [[human trafficking]] in that part of the world.<ref name="Scullion">{{cite news|last=Scullion|first=Annette|url=http://wel-com.org.nz/wel-com-articles/4132-new-cardinals-a-voice-for-oceania|date=February 2015|title=New Cardinals: a voice for Oceania|work=wel-com.org.nz|pages=1–2|access-date=8 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208060345/http://wel-com.org.nz/wel-com-articles/4132-new-cardinals-a-voice-for-oceania|archive-date=8 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
===LGBT community=== Cardinal Dew responded in 2018 to the Faith and Belief in New Zealand survey, which found only a third of the country identifies as Christian, down from 43 percent in 2013 and 49 percent in 2006. The main reason given for a failure to engage with Christianity was Church teachings on homosexuality – mentioned by 47 percent of the respondents – with the doctrine of Hell closely following, at 45 percent. Dew said Church leaders have fallen short, "especially with regards to particular groups in society, such as the LGBT community, who have felt a very real sense of rejection through the Church, or perhaps in falling short in fully meeting the needs of our recent migrant communities."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2018/06/21/new-zealand-cardinal-church-has-shortcomings-on-lgbt-community/ |title=New Zealand cardinal: Church has 'shortcomings' with LGBT community |work=Crux |date=21 June 2018 |access-date=29 June 2018 |archive-date=28 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628204922/https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2018/06/21/new-zealand-cardinal-church-has-shortcomings-on-lgbt-community/ }}</ref>
===Abuse in Care=== On 26 March 2021, Cardinal John Dew, the Archbishop of Wellington and president of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, apologized to abuse victims in the Royal Commission of Inquiry and stated that its systems and culture must change.
As part of a "ten point statement," the Catholic leadership also reiterated their support for an independent entity to investigate reports of abuse and redress as part of the Church's response to the ongoing Royal Commission of Inquiry on Abuse in Care. In response to the Catholic Church's "ten-point statement," Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests Aotearoa leader Dr Chris Longhurst accused the Church of failing to meet with survivors and of conducting a "cover-up."<ref>{{ cite news | url = https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/482421/catholic-church-doing-opposite-of-public-statements-on-abuse-safeguarding-advocate| title = Catholic Church doing opposite of public statements on abuse safeguarding - advocate| date = 14 January 2023}}</ref>
== Child Sexual Abuse Allegations == In March 2024 a story about historical child sex offences from 1977 involving Cardinal Dew was broadcast on Newshub.<ref>{{cite news|last=Michael|first=Morrah|title=Vatican says no further church investigation into NZ Cardinal John Dew |date=5 June 2024| url = https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2024/06/vatican-says-no-further-church-investigation-into-nz-cardinal-john-dew.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240605094951/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2024/06/vatican-says-no-further-church-investigation-into-nz-cardinal-john-dew.html| archive-date = 5 June 2024}}</ref>
When Newshub originally attempted to air the story, Dew sought an injunction against Newshub's parent organization Warner Bros Discovery NZ to prevent Newshub's story going to air.<ref name="rnz.co.nz">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-07 |title=Catholic Cardinal John Dew accused of sexual abuse, fails in court bid to prevent story |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/511112/catholic-cardinal-john-dew-accused-of-sexual-abuse-fails-in-court-bid-to-prevent-story |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref> Dew first sought the injunction in the High Court but failed. He then appealed to the Court of Appeal, again failing. He then took his case to the Supreme Court which dismissed his appeal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NZ’s top Catholic fails in bid to block abuse allegations |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350204984/nzs-top-catholic-fails-bid-block-abuse-allegations |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=www.stuff.co.nz}}</ref>
Both the Vatican and NZ police closed its investigation into Dew without charges being laid.<ref name="rnz.co.nz"/> == See also == * [[Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care]] * [[Catholic Church in New Zealand]] * [[Cardinals created by Francis]]
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* {{cite web| access-date = 30 October 2017| title= Dew Card. John Atcherley |publisher=[[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_dew_ja.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 16 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171016070839/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_dew_ja.html }} * [http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/archbishop "Archbishop of Wellington: Most Reverend John Atcherley Dew DD", ''Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington''] (Retrieved 5 January 2015) * [https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/sinodo/documents/bollettino_21_xi-ordinaria-2005/02_inglese/b07_02.html Synodus Episcoporum Bulletin]
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