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"No heart in PNG plan" - Tasmania bishop

Posted on: July 22, 2013 1:50 PM
Bishop John Harrower
Photo Credit: Diocese of Tasmania
Related Categories: apjn, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

[Daily Telegraph] A Senior Anglican bishop who told the prime minister "Jesus weeps" over the PNG asylum seeker plan says Australia has lost its heart.

The bishop of Tasmania, John Harrower, took to Twitter to compare Australia with biblical Jerusalem - wealthy but without a sense of compassion.

"Mr Prime Minister, Jesus weeps. Whatever you do for the least of these..." Bishop Harrower tweeted.

He says Australia's generosity during the Asian tsunami and, more recently, the Tasmanian bushfires is in danger of disappearing.

"I wonder what's happening to Australia's heart," he told AAP.

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