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Updated: Australian Rules Football club CEO quits after one day in the job over church links

Australia Andrew Thorburn 2018

Updated: 10.30am, 6th October, 2022Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Andrew Thorburn resigned as chief executive of Australian Football League club Essendon a day after his appointment following an immediate backlash over his links to a church that expressed opposition to homosexuality and abortion. Thorburn, chairman of the Christian ‘City on a Hill’ church, quit his Essendon role on […]