He was active in his ministry in Western Canada and the Pacific Rim (notably Okinawa, Southern Japan) for 62 years from 1932 to 1994.
In 2015 the Anglican Church of Canada revealed that it had received a written confession from Nakayama of his abuse in 1994, and apologizing for withholding the information from the public and the police for over 20 years.
[4] Nakayama traveled extensively in his ministry and preached on all six inhabited continents visiting over twenty countries.
[9] At the age of 94 Nakayama typed a letter dated 28 December 1994 from his home in Vancouver, BC, where he acknowledged his pedophilia and admitted to child abuse by calling it "sexual bad behaviour".
He gave this letter to the Anglican Church, leading to being charged with immorality by the Bishop of Calgary Barry Curtis and his retirement as a priest.
[10] This apology expressed a commitment by the Anglican Church to work with members of the Japanese Canadian community in a healing and reconciliation process.
As part of this announcement the Anglican Church also agreed to cover the costs of a Facilitator/Project Manager to lead a project team.
From The Rain Ascends and Gently to Nagasaki Kogawa makes sexual abuse and her struggle with her father's legacy a central focus.
There is an archive of material related to Gordon Goichi Nakayama on the Healing Fund for Japanese Canadians website.