Richard Franklin Appleby (born 17 November 1940) is a retired Australian Anglican bishop.
[2] Ordained in 1967,[3] his first posts were curacies in Glenroy and North Balwyn.
[9] On 19 February 2019, the Professional Standards Tribunal of the Newcastle diocese recommended that Appleby be removed from holy orders as a result of his failure to protect children after being informed of instances of child sexual abuse in the 1980s and '90s.
However, a review board determined that Appleby had been denied procedural fairness in the decision.
[10] Appleby has stated that he has no memory of being informed about child sexual abuse in the diocese.