In a scathing sermon today, the former dean of Napier Cathedral delivered a parting blow to his colleagues.
Until early last year Reverend Dr Michael Godfrey was the dean of Waiapu Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist but in May was stood down for having extra-marital affairs 25 years previously.
He was reinstated in October after appealing the judgment which saw him kicked out of the Anglican Church after being a priest for 27 years.
In a final sermon which revolved around honesty and lies, and prominently featured president-elect Donald Trump, Dr Godfrey criticised his colleagues' handling of his dismissal early last year.
"When I last voiced thoughts like these a colleague wrote, 'The Dean's Report ... was, amidst a number of inaccuracies and half-truths ... a litany of criticisms involving myself, other clergy and significant laypeople. The Dean himself was always the innocent and injured martyr."