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Fleming appealed against the dismissal of the claim for damages for defamation to the Full Court of the
Supreme Court of South Australia. On 29 September 2016 the appeal was unanimously dismissed when the court found no errors of law were made in the earlier judgement. Costs were awarded against him.
401:, the application was refused because two judges stated that it did "not raise a question of general importance. None of the applicant's proposed appeal grounds enjoys sufficient prospects of success to warrant a grant of special leave. Special leave should be refused with costs."
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Campion College, media reports were published alleging sexual impropriety by Fleming with three people when he was an Anglican priest some 37 years previously. Nigel Hunt, a journalist for
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It was decreed under canon law on 9 February 2017 by Philip
Marshall, vicar general of the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide, that Fleming was to immediately cease all forms of ministry. The decision was later criticised by
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regarding several stories published on the complaints and investigations. These matters had been finalised by SA Police and by the
Catholic Church. The Anglican Church ceased investigations on 24 November 2020.
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Tonti-Filippini, Nicholas; Fleming, John Irving; Walsh, Mary (2004). "The
Principle of Autonomy, Human Dignity, and Nutrition and Hydration for the Patient Who is Persistently Unresponsive".
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Heng Leng, Chee; El-Hamamsy, Laila; Fleming, John Irving; Fujiki, Norio; Keyeux, Genoveva; Knoppers, Bartha Maria; Macer, Darryl (1996). "Bioethics and Human
Population Genetics Research".
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276:. He was the founding president of Campion College from 2004 to 2009. He was an adjunct professor of bioethics at the Southern Cross Bioethics Institute until its closure in 2012.
291:. Fleming was a member of the SA Council on Reproductive Technology (1998-2004) and a member from 2002 of the Gene Technology Ethics Committee set up under the Australian
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1020:"It's good to be a priest, says talk-back host: A conversation with Fr John Fleming, bioethicist and Campion College president"
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513:—— (1995). "The Family and the Bioethics of Fragmentation". In Trujillo, Alfonso López; Sgreccia, Elio (eds.).
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649:—— (2003). "Euthanasia by Omission in Australia: What the Parliament Does not Allow, the Courts Allow".
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562:——; Hains, Michael G (1997). "What Rights If Any Do The Unborn Have Under International Law".
544:, vol. 2, International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO Proceedings of the Third Session September 1995
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575:—— (2000). "Death, Dying, and Euthanasia: Australia Versus The Northern Territory".
549:—— (1996). "I Cattolici Messi di Fronte Alle Strategie Pro-Eutanasia e Pro-Aborto".
1184:"Disgraced Catholic priest Father John Fleming loses final bid to overturn defamation verdict"
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517:. Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
357:, wrote that these allegations were known to the
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673:Give Women Choice: Australia Speaks on Abortion
506:Women Priests in Australia? The Anglican Crisis
1305:21st-century Australian Roman Catholic priests
931:Fleming, Thomas Robert in Cable Clerical Index
274:John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family
1051:. Canberra: Australian Parliamentary Library.
995:. Pontifical Academy for Life. Archived from
525:Ethics and the Human Genome Diversity Project
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722:National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly Summer
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359:Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide
176:Church of the Good Shepherd, Plympton
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1345:21st-century Australian philosophers
1340:20th-century Australian philosophers
1209:Marshall, Philip (9 February 2017).
989:"Former members Rev. FLEMING Irving"
787:, Austin McAuley Press (UK) in press
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221:, a Licentiate in Theology from the
107:Thomas Robert and Gwenda May Fleming
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285:International Bioethics Committee
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1043:Warhurst, John (29 June 1999).
949:(Press release). Catholic News.
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1090:. Adelaide, South Australia.
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1028:. Sydney. Archived from
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776:Laudato Si': A Critique
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495:—— (1986),
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825:Wake Up! Lucky Country
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219:University of Adelaide
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1067:Annual Report 2009-10
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